---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 489.2"
title: "42"
number: "489.2"
heading: "Scope of part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/489.2"
---

# §489.2. Scope of part.

- (a) Subpart A of this part sets forth the basic requirements for submittal and acceptance of a provider agreement under Medicare. Subpart B of this part specifies the basic commitments and limitations that the provider must agree to as part of an agreement to provide services. Subpart C specifies the limitations on allowable charges to beneficiaries for deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, blood, and services that must be part of the provider agreement. Subpart D of this part specifies how incorrect collections are to be handled. Subpart F sets forth the circumstances and procedures for denial of payments for new admissions and for withholding of payment as an alternative to termination of a provider agreement.
- (b) **The following providers are subject to the provisions of this part—**
  - (1) **Hospitals.**
  - (2) **Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).**
  - (3) **Home health agencies (HHAs).**
  - (4) **Clinics, rehabilitation agencies, and public health agencies.**
  - (5) **Comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs).**
  - (6) **Hospices.**
  - (7) **Critical access hospital (CAHs).**
  - (8) **Community mental health centers (CMHCs).**
  - (9) **Religious nonmedical health care institutions (RNHCIs).**
  - (10) **Opioid treatment programs (OTPs).**
  - (11) **Rural emergency hospitals (REHs).**
- (c)
  - (1) Clinics, rehabilitation agencies, and public health agencies may enter into provider agreements only for furnishing outpatient physical therapy, and speech pathology services.
  - (2) CMHCs may enter into provider agreements only to furnish partial hospitalization services and intensive outpatient services.
  - (3) OTPs may enter into provider agreements only to furnish opioid use disorder treatment services.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 22937, Apr. 4, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 56297, Dec. 15, 1982; 48 FR 56036, Dec. 15, 1983; 51 FR 24492, July 3, 1986; 58 FR 30676, May 26, 1993; 59 FR 6578, Feb. 11, 1994; 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997; 68 FR 66720, Nov. 28, 2003; 84 FR 63204, Nov. 15, 2019; 87 FR 72309, Nov. 23, 2022; 88 FR 82184, Nov. 22, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395i-3, 1395x, 1395aa(m), 1395cc, 1395ff, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 22937, Apr. 4, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 22937, Apr. 4, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 56297, Dec. 15, 1982; 48 FR 56036, Dec. 15, 1983; 51 FR 24492, July 3, 1986; 58 FR 30676, May 26, 1993; 59 FR 6578, Feb. 11, 1994; 62 FR 46037, Aug. 29, 1997; 68 FR 66720, Nov. 28, 2003; 84 FR 63204, Nov. 15, 2019; 87 FR 72309, Nov. 23, 2022; 88 FR 82184, Nov. 22, 2023]