---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 409.24"
title: "42"
number: "409.24"
heading: "Medical social services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/409.24"
---

# §409.24. Medical social services.


Medicare pays for medical social services as posthospital SNF care, including—

- (a) Assessment of the social and emotional factors related to the beneficiary's illness, need for care, response to treatment, and adjustment to care in the facility;
- (b) Case work services to assist in resolving social or emotional problems that may have an adverse effect on the beneficiary's ability to respond to treatment; and
- (c) Assessment of the relationship of the beneficiary's medical and nursing requirements to his or her home situation, financial resources, and the community resources available upon discharge from facility care.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 26306, May 12, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 12541, Mar. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 26306, May 12, 1998]