[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 72987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31024]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Fiscal Year 2003 Tortiously Liable Third Party Medical and Dental 
Rates (Department of Defense)

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

ACTION: Notification of Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2003 
tortiously liable third party medical and dental rates.

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SUMMARY: The Fiscal Year 2003 Department of Defense reimbursement rates 
are provided in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, section 
1095. The medical and dental service rates in this package and at the 
Unformed Business Office Web site (http://www.tricare.osd.mil/ebc/rm_home/ubo_documents--rates--tables.cmf) are effective October 1, 2002.
    The Medical Care Expense Recovery Act (Pub. L. 87-693) allows the 
Federal government to recover reasonable charges from third parties for 
the provision of services necessitated by a tort liability. Executive 
Order No. 11060 directs that the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget set rates for the recovery of cost of medical care from 
tortiously liable third parties. These rates are used to charge third 
parties for the health care provided through the Defense Health System.

Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
[FR Doc. 02-31024 Filed 12-6-02; 8:45 am]
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