---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 424.15"
title: "42"
number: "424.15"
heading: "Requirements for inpatient CAH services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/424.15"
---

# §424.15. Requirements for inpatient CAH services.

- (a) Medicare Part A pays for inpatient CAH services only if a physician certifies that the individual may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the CAH, and that the services are provided in accordance with [§ 412.3](/cfr/42/412.3.md) of this chapter.
- (b) **Certification begins with the order for inpatient admission.** All certification requirements must be completed, signed, and documented in the medical record no later than 1 day before the date on which the claim for payment for the inpatient CAH service is submitted.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 50970, Aug. 19, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 50359, Aug. 22, 2014]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 50970, Aug. 19, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 50359, Aug. 22, 2014]