CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 424—CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT > SUBPART G—Special Conditions: Emergency Services Furnished by a Nonparticipating Hospital (§424.100 to §424.109) > 424.102—Situations that do not constitute an emergency.

424.102—Situations that do not constitute an emergency.

Without additional evidence of a threat to life or health, the following situations do not in themselves indicate a need for emergency services:
(a) Lack of care at home.
(b) Lack of transportation to a participating hospital.
(c) Death of the patient in the hospital.