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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.09.87.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="87" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“CMS” means Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Department” means Maryland Department of Health.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>"Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)” means a fixed location or mobile entity independent of a hospital or physician’s office where diagnostic services are performed by licensed certified non-physician personnel under appropriate physician supervision.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Major medical equipment” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>All cardiac catheterization equipment necessary to perform heart catheterization;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A computerized tomography (CT) scanner;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A lithotriptor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Radiation therapy equipment, including a linear accelerator; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A Magnetic Resonance Imager (MRI).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Mammography” means the radiographic examination of the soft tissues of the breast.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Medically necessary” means medically necessary as defined in COMAR 10.09.36.01.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Medicare” means the insurance program administered by the federal government under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §1395 et seq.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“NPI” means National Provider Identifier.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Program" means the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>