[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18639-18640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07779]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Reimbursement Rates for Calendar Year 2015

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the Director of the Indian Health Service 
(IHS), under the authority of sections 321(a) and 322(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 248 and 249(b)), Public Law 83-568 (42 
U.S.C. 2001(a)), and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), has approved the following rates for inpatient and 
outpatient medical care provided by IHS facilities for Calendar Year 
2015 for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and beneficiaries of 
other Federal programs,

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and for recoveries under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  2651-2653). The Medicare Part A inpatient rates are 
excluded from the table below as they are paid based on the prospective 
payment system. Since the inpatient rates set forth below do not 
include all physician services and practitioner services, additional 
payment shall be available to the extent that those services are 
provided.

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                                                                Calendar
                                                               Year 2015
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Inpatient Hospital Per Diem Rate (Excludes Physician/
 Practitioner Services)
Lower 48 States..............................................     $2,443
Alaska.......................................................      2,926
Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Excluding Medicare)
Lower 48 States..............................................        350
Alaska.......................................................        601
Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Medicare)
Lower 48 States..............................................        307
Alaska.......................................................        564
Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary Per Diem Rate
Lower 48 States..............................................        516
Alaska.......................................................        956
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Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare)

    Established Medicare rates for freestanding Ambulatory Surgery 
Centers.

Effective Date for Calendar Year 2015 Rates

    Consistent with previous annual rate revisions, the Calendar Year 
2015 rates will be effective for services provided on/or after January 
1, 2015 to the extent consistent with payment authorities including the 
applicable Medicaid State plan.

    Dated: December 12, 2014.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Acting Director, Indian Health Service.

    Editorial Note: The Federal Register received this document for 
publication on March 31, 2015.

[FR Doc. 2015-07779 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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