[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7655-7656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2131]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Rates for Calendar Year 2001

    Notice is given that the Director of 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(a) and 249(b)) and section 601 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601), has approved the 
following rates for inpatient and outpatient medical care provided by 
IHS facilities for Calendar Year 2001 for Medicare and Medicaid 
Beneficiaries and Beneficiaries of other Federal Agencies. Since the 
inpatient rates do not include physician services, IHS facilities may 
also be entitled to bill State Medicaid programs for physician services 
to the extent that those services meet applicable requirements under an 
approved State Medicaid plan.

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Inpatient Hospital Per Diem Rate (Excludes Physician Services)

Calendar Year 2001

Lower 48 States--$1,306
Alaska--$1,813

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Other Than Medicare)

Calendar Year 2001

Lower 48 States--$185
Alaska--$349

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Medicare)

Calendar Year 2001

Lower 48 States--$157
Alaska--$334

Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary Per Diem Rate

Calendar Year 2001

Lower 48 States--$751
Alaska--$997

Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare)

    Established Medicare rates for freestanding Ambulatory Surgery 
Centers.

Effective Date for Calendar Year 2001 Rates

    Consistent with previous annual rate revisions, the Calendar Year 
2001 rates will be effective for services provided on/or after January 
1, 2001 to the extent consistent with payment authorities including the 
applicable Medicaid State plan.

Regulatory Impact

    We have examined the impacts of this rule as required by Executive 
Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (Pub. L. 96-354). 
Executive Order 12866 directs agencies to assess all cost and benefits 
of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, 
to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including 
potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, 
distributive impacts, and equity). A Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) 
must be prepared for major rules with economically significant effects 
($100 million or more annually). This notice is not a major notice 
because we have determined that the economic impact will be negligible.
    Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 also 
requires that agencies assess anticipated costs and benefits before 
issuing any rule that may result in an expenditure in any one year by 
State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the 
private sector, of $100 million. This rule will not have a significant 
economic effect on these governments or the private sector.
    The Department has determined that this notice does not have a 
substantial effect on States or local governments under Executive Order 
13132 and will not interfere with the roles, rights and 
responsibilities of States or local governments. We are not preparing 
analysis for the RFA because we have determined, and we certify, that 
this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.
    In accordance with the provisions of Executive Order 12866, this 
notice was reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.

    Dated: January 18, 2001.
Michel E. Lincoln,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 01-2131 Filed 1-23-01; 8:45 am]
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