[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 5585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01075]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Reimbursement Rates for Calendar Year 2017

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is given that the Principal Deputy 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 2017 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 Medicare 
Part A inpatient rates 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 2017

Lower 48 States: $2,933
Alaska: $3,235

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Excluding Medicare)

Calendar Year 2017

Lower 48 States: $391
Alaska: $616

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Medicare)

Calendar Year 2017

Lower 48 States: $349
Alaska: $577

Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary Per Diem Rate

Calendar Year 2017

Lower 48 States: $679
Alaska: $1,046

Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare)

    Established Medicare rates for freestanding Ambulatory Surgery 
Centers.

Effective Date for Calendar Year 2017 Rates

    Consistent with previous annual rate revisions, the Calendar Year 
2017 rates will be effective for services provided on/or after January 
1, 2017, to the extent consistent with payment authorities including 
the applicable Medicaid State plan.

    Dated: January 11, 2017.
Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Deputy Director for Management Operations, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-01075 Filed 1-17-17; 8:45 am]
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