[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 3368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01244]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Cost of Outpatient Medical, Dental, and 
Cosmetic Surgery Services Furnished by the Department of Defense 
Medical Treatment Facilities; Certain Rates Regarding Recovery From 
Tortiously Liable Third Persons

AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and 
Budget.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Section 
2(a) of Public Law 87-693 and delegated to the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget by the President through Executive Order 
11060, as amended by Executive Order 12608 of September 9, 1987, the 
rates referenced below are hereby established. These rates are for use 
in connection with the recovery from tortiously liable third persons 
for the outpatient medical, dental and cosmetic surgery services 
furnished by military treatment facilities through the Department of 
Defense. They are the same rates as the outpatient third party 
reimbursement rates that were set on July 1, 2017 for billing medical 
insurers, but require a different approval authority for the purpose of 
billing for tort liability. The rates were established in accordance 
with the requirements of OMB Circular A-25, requiring reimbursement of 
the full cost of all services provided. The CY 2017 outpatient medical, 
dental and cosmetic surgery services referenced are effective for 
billing tort liability upon publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register and will remain in effect until further notice. Previously 
published inpatient rates remain in effect until further notice. 
Pharmacy rates are updated periodically. A full disclosure of the rates 
is posted at Health.mil website in the Defense Health Agency Uniform 
Business Office section (http://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Business-Support/Uniform-Business-Office/Billing/Medical-Affirmative-Claims).

John Mulvaney,
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 2018-01244 Filed 1-23-18; 8:45 am]
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