[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20878-20879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07468]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

RIN 0917-AA21


Reimbursement Rates for Calendar Year 2022

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is provided that the Acting Director of the Indian 
Health Service (IHS) has approved the rates for inpatient and 
outpatient medical care provided by the IHS facilities for Calendar 
Year 2022.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Acting 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 2022 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 inpatient rates for 
Medicare Part A are excluded from the table below. That is because 
Medicare inpatient payments for IHS hospital facilities are made based 
on the prospective payment system, or (when IHS facilities are 
designated as Medicare Critical Access Hospitals) on a reasonable cost 
basis. 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 2022
    Lower 48 States: $4,239
    Alaska: $3,583
Outpatient per Visit Rate (Excluding Medicare)
Calendar Year 2022
    Lower 48 States: $640

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    Alaska: $945
Outpatient per Visit Rate (Medicare)
Calendar Year 2022
    Lower 48 States: $541
    Alaska: $792
Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary per Diem Rate
Calendar Year 2022
    Lower 48 States: $813
    Alaska: $1,138

Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare)

    Established Medicare rates for freestanding Ambulatory Surgery 
Centers.

Effective Date for Calendar Year 2022 Rates

    Consistent with previous annual rate revisions, the Calendar Year 
2022 rates will be effective for services provided on or after January 
1, 2022, to the extent consistent with payment authorities, including 
the applicable Medicaid State plan.

Elizabeth A. Fowler,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2022-07468 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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