42 CFR § 447.251 - Definitions.

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title: "42 CFR § 447.251 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "447.251"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "447"
part_name: "PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, and 1396r-8, and Pub. L. 111-148."
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# 447.251 Definitions.

For the purposes of this subpart—

*Long-term care facility services* means intermediate care facility services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) and nursing facility (NF) services.

*Provider* means an institution that furnishes inpatient hospital services or an institution that furnishes long-term care facility services.

[46 FR 47971, Sept. 30, 1981, as amended at 54 FR 5359, Feb. 2, 1989; 56 FR 48867, Sept. 26, 1991]