[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00047]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Reimbursement Rates for Calendar Year 2018

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is given that the Acting 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 2018 for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, beneficiaries of 
other Federal programs, and for recoveries under the Federal Medical 
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653). The inpatient rates for 
Medicare Part A are excluded from the table below, as they are paid 
based on the prospective payment system. Since the inpatient per diem 
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.

Inpatient Hospital Per Diem Rate (Excludes Physician/Practitioner 
Services)

Calendar Year 2018

Lower 48 States $3,229
Alaska $3,277

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Excluding Medicare)

Calendar Year 2018

Lower 48 States $427
Alaska $653

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Medicare)

Calendar Year 2018

Lower 48 States $383
Alaska $595

Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary Per Diem Rate

Calendar Year 2018

    Lower 48 States $740
    Alaska $1,061

Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare)

    Established Medicare rates for freestanding Ambulatory Surgery 
Centers.

Effective Date for Calendar Year 2018 Rates

    Consistent with previous annual rate revisions, the Calendar Year 
2018 rates will be effective for services provided on/or after January 
1, 2018, to the extent consistent with payment authorities, including 
the applicable Medicaid State plan.

    Dated: December 29, 2017.
Michael D. Weahkee,
 RADM, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, Acting 
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-00047 Filed 1-4-18; 8:45 am]
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