Cost of Hospital and Medical Care Treatment Furnished by the United States; Certain Rates Regarding Recovery From Tortiously Liable Third Persons

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of Management and Budget By virtue of the authority vested in the President by Section 2(a) of Pub. L. 87-693 (76 Stat. 593; 42 U.S.C. 2652 ), and delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget by Executive Order No. 11541 of July 1, 1970 (35 Federal Register 10737), the two sets of rates outlined below are hereby established. These rates are for use in connection with the recovery, from tortiously liable third persons, of the cost of hospital and medical care and treatment furnished by the United States (Part 43, Chapter I, Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations ) through three separate Federal agencies. The rates have been established in accordance with the requirements of OMB Circular A-25, requiring reimbursement of the full cost of all services provided and will remain in effect until further notice. The rates for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services that were published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2000 and December 26, 2001, respectively, remain in effect until further notice. In addition, the inpatient rates for the Department of Defense published in on December 9, 2002 remain in effect until further notice. The rates are as follows: 1. Department of Defense The Fiscal Year (FY) and Calendar Year (CY) 2003 Department of Defense (DoD) reimbursement rates for inpatient, outpatient, and other services are provided in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, se…