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Hello. We are a CAH and have an outpatient dialysis department. One of our patients is now an inpatient (not Covid related) and needs his dialysis. We cannot transfer right now because of Covid and hospital overcrowding. I have always been told that we cannot perform outpatient dialysis on an inpatient and that it was because it is a licensing issue. Does anyone know if there are any exceptions to that rule or even if it was a rule to begin with. I think our CEO is okay with providing the dialysis to the inpatient and not get paid or get paid under the IP payment. But, can we even do it to begin with? Thank you in advance!!