---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 406.2"
title: "42"
number: "406.2"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/406.2"
---

# §406.2. Scope.


Subparts A through D of this part specify the conditions of eligibility for hospital insurance and set forth certain specific conditions that affect entitlement to benefits. Hospital insurance is authorized under Part A of title XVIII and is also referred to as Medicare Part A. It includes inpatient hospital care, posthospital SNF care, home health services, and hospice care.


## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 33033, Aug. 16, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 51 FR 41338, Nov. 14, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395i-2, 1395i-2a, 1395p, 1395q and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 12536, Mar. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 51 FR 41338, Nov. 14, 1986.

### Amendments

[48 FR 56026, Dec. 16, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 33033, Aug. 16, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 51 FR 41338, Nov. 14, 1986]