2019-21330. Cost-Based and Inter-Agency Billing Rates for Medical Care or Services Provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 2020
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ADDRESSES:
The Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 October 1, 2019.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Romona Greene, Office of Community Care, Revenue Operations, Payer Relations and Services, Rates and Charges (10D1C1), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 382-2521. (This is not a toll free number.)
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY 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 Code of Federal Regulations 17.102(h). Two sets of rates are obtained by applying this methodology, Cost-Based and Inter-Agency.
Cost-Based rates apply to medical care and services that are provided by VA under § 17.102(a), (b), (d) and (g), respectively, in the following circumstances:
- 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.
Inter-Agency rates apply to medical care and services that are provided by VA under § 17.102(c) and (f), respectively, in the following circumstances when the care or services provided are not covered by any applicable sharing agreement in accordance with § 17.102(e):
- To beneficiaries of the Department of Defense or other Federal agencies; and
- To military retirees with chronic disability.
The calculations for the Cost-Based and Inter-Agency rates are the same with two exceptions. Inter-Agency rates are all-inclusive and are not broken down into three components (i.e., 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 October 1, 2019 and will remain in effect until the next fiscal year Federal Register update. These rates supersede those established by the Federal Register notice published on August 28, 2018, at 83 FR 43958.
Cost-based rates Inter-agency rates A. Hospital Care per inpatient day: General Medicine: All Inclusive Rate $4,301 $4,156 Physician 515 Ancillary 1,121 Nursing Room and Board 2,665 Neurology: All Inclusive Rate 4,232 4,086 Physician 620 Ancillary 1,117 Nursing Room and Board 2,495 Rehabilitation Medicine: All Inclusive Rate 2,910 2,803 Physician 331 Ancillary 889 Nursing Room and Board 1,690 Blind Rehabilitation: All Inclusive Rate 1,995 1,920 Physician 161 Ancillary 991 Nursing Room and Board 843 Spinal Cord Injury: All Inclusive Rate 2,636 2,540 Physician 327 Ancillary 663 Nursing Room and Board 1,646 Surgery: All Inclusive Rate 7,526 7,272 Physician 829 Ancillary 2,283 Nursing Room and Board 4,414 General Psychiatry: All Inclusive Rate 2,174 2,091 Physician 205 Start Printed Page 51729 Ancillary 342 Nursing Room and Board 1,627 Substance Abuse (Alcohol and Drug Treatment): All Inclusive Rate 2,232 2,147 Physician 213 Ancillary 516 Nursing Room and Board 1,503 Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Program: All Inclusive Rate 826 797 Physician 52 Ancillary 87 Nursing Room and Board 687 Intermediate Medicine: All Inclusive Rate 3,301 3,182 Physician 162 Ancillary 484 Nursing Room and Board 2,655 Poly-trauma Inpatient: All Inclusive Rate 3,223 3,097 Physician 366 Ancillary 985 Nursing Room and Board 1,872 B. Nursing Home Care, Per Day: All Inclusive Rate 1,361 1,311 Physician 42 Ancillary 184 Nursing Room and Board 1135 C. Outpatient Medical Treatments: Outpatient Visit (to include Ineligible Emergency Dental Care) 389 376 Outpatient Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service Visit 238 228 Outpatient Poly-trauma/Traumatic Brain Injury 671 649 Note: Outpatient Prescriptions will be billed at Drug Cost plus Administrative Fee. Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, 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 September 26, 2019, for publication.
Start SignatureEnd Signature End Supplemental InformationDated: September 26, 2019.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-21330 Filed 9-27-19; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 10/1/2019
- Published:
- 09/30/2019
- Department:
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- 2019-21330
- Dates:
- The rates set forth herein are effective October 1, 2019.
- Pages:
- 51728-51729 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 2019-21330.pdf