§ 460.70 Contracted services.

(a) General rule. The PACE organization must have a written contract with each outside organization, agency, or individual that furnishes administrative or care-related services not furnished directly by the PACE organization, including, at a minimum, the medical specialties identified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. The PACE organization does not need to have a written contract with entities that provide emergency services as described in § 460.100.

(1) At a minimum, except as noted in paragraph (a)(4) of this section, PACE organizations must have contracts in place for the following medical specialties:

(i) Anesthesiology.

(ii) Audiology.

(iii) Cardiology.

(iv) Dentistry.

(v) Dermatology.

(vi) Gastroenterology.

(vii) Gynecology.

(viii) Internal Medicine.

(ix) Nephrology.

(x) Neurosurgery.

(xi) Oncology.

(xii) Ophthalmology.

(xiii) Oral surgery.

(xiv) Orthopedic surgery.

(xv) Otorhinolaryngology.

(xvi) Palliative Medicine.

(xvii) Plastic surgery.

(xviii) Pharmacy consulting services.

(xix) Podiatry.

(xx) Psychiatry.

(xxi) Pulmonology.

(xxii) Radiology.

(xxiii) Rheumatology.

(xxiv) General Surgery.

(xxv) Thoracic and vascular surgery.