§ 414.220 Inexpensive or routinely purchased items.

(a) Definitions. (1) Inexpensive equipment means equipment the average purchase price of which did not exceed $150 during the period July 1986 through June 1987.

(2) Routinely purchased equipment means equipment that was acquired by purchase on a national basis at least 75 percent of the time during the period July 1986 through June 1987.

(3) Accessories. Effective January 1, 1994, accessories used in conjunction with a nebulizer, aspirator, or ventilator excluded from § 414.222 meet the definitions of “inexpensive equipment” and “routinely purchased equipment” in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, respectively.

(b) Payment rules. (1) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, payment for inexpensive and routinely purchased items is made on a rental basis or in a lump sum amount for purchase of the item based on the applicable fee schedule amount.

(2) Effective January 1, 1994, payment for ostomy supplies, tracheostomy supplies, urologicals, and surgical dressings not furnished as incident to a physician's professional service or furnished by an HHA is made using the methodology for the inexpensive and routinely purchased class.