[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43958-43959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18555]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Cost-Based and Inter-Agency Billing Rates for Medical Care or
Services Provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document updates the Cost-Based and Inter-Agency billing
rates for medical care or services provided by the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) furnished in certain circumstances.
DATES: The rates set forth herein are effective August 28, 2018 and
until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Romona Greene, Office of Community
Care, Revenue Operations, Payer Relations and Services, Rates and
Charges (10D1C1), Veterans Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202)
382-2521. (This is not a toll free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA's methodology for computing Cost-Based
and Inter-Agency rates for medical care or services provided by VA is
set forth in 38 CFR 17.102(h). Two sets of rates are obtained by
applying this methodology, Cost-Based and Inter-Agency.
In accordance with 38 CFR 17.102(a), (b), (d), and (g)
respectively, Cost-Based rates apply to medical care and services that
are provided by VA:
In error or based on tentative eligibility,
In a medical emergency,
To pensioners of allied nations; and
For research purposes in circumstances under which the
medical care appropriation shall be reimbursed from the research
appropriation.
In accordance with 38 CFR 17.102(c) and (f), Inter-Agency rates
apply to medical care and services that are provided by VA to
beneficiaries of the Department of Defense or other Federal agencies,
when the care or services provided is not covered by an applicable
sharing agreement, unless otherwise stated.
The calculations for the Cost-Based and Inter-Agency rates are the
same with two exceptions. Inter-Agency rates are all-inclusive, are not
broken down into three components (Physician; Ancillary; and Nursing,
Room, and Board), and do not include standard fringe benefit costs that
cover Government employee retirement, disability costs, and return on
fixed assets. When VA pays for medical care or services from a non-VA
source under circumstances in which the Cost-Based or Inter-Agency
rates would apply if the care or services had been provided by VA, the
charge for such care or services will be the actual amount paid by VA
for the care or services. Inpatient charges will be at the per diem
rates shown for the type of bed section or discrete treatment unit
providing the care.
The following table depicts the Cost-Based and Inter-Agency rates
that are effective upon publication of this notice and will remain in
effect until the next Federal Register notice is published. These rates
supersede those established by the Federal Register notice published on
August, 29 2017, at 82 FR 41093.
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Inter-Agency
Cost-Based rates rates
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A. Hospital Care per inpatient day:
General Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate.......... $4,025 $3,882
Physician................... 482
Ancillary................... 1,049
Nursing Room and Board...... 2,494
Neurology:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 3,805 3,664
Physician................... 557
Ancillary................... 1,005
Nursing Room and Board...... 2,243
Rehabilitation Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 2,749 2,641
Physician................... 312
Ancillary................... 840
Nursing Room and Board...... 1,597
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Blind Rehabilitation:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 1,843 1,770
Physician................... 148
Ancillary................... 916
Nursing Room and Board...... 779
Spinal Cord Injury:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 2,431 2,338
Physician................... 301
Ancillary................... 612
Nursing Room and Board...... 1,518
Surgery:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 6,832 6,590
Physician................... 753
Ancillary................... 2,072
Nursing Room and Board...... 4,007
General Psychiatry:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 1,993 1,913
Physician................... 188
Ancillary................... 314
Nursing Room and Board...... 1,491
Substance Abuse (Alcohol and
Drug Treatment):
All Inclusive Rate.......... 1,963 1,884
Physician................... 187
Ancillary................... 454
Nursing Room and Board...... 1,322
Psychosocial Residential
Rehabilitation Program:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 768 740
Physician................... 48
Ancillary................... 81
Nursing Room and Board...... 639
Intermediate Medicine:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 2,483 2,388
Physician................... 122
Ancillary................... 364
Nursing Room and Board...... 1,997
Poly-trauma Inpatient:
All Inclusive Rate.......... 3,113 2,981
Physician................... 354
Ancillary................... 951
Nursing Room and Board...... 1,808
B. Nursing Home Care, Per Day:
All Inclusive Rate.............. 1,268 1,218
Physician....................... 39
Ancillary....................... 172
Nursing Room and Board.......... 1057
C. Outpatient Medical Treatments:
Outpatient Visit (to include 362 350
Ineligible Emergency Dental
Care)..........................
Outpatient Physical Medicine & 223 213
Rehabilitation Service Visit...
Outpatient Poly-trauma/Traumatic 602 580
Brain Injury...................
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Note: Outpatient Prescriptions will be billed at Drug Cost plus
Administrative Fee.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the
Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an
official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robert L.
Wilkie, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on August 22, 2018, for publication.
Dated: August 22, 2018.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-18555 Filed 8-27-18; 8:45 am]
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