Notice2022-20068
Notice of Tribal Consultation and Request for Comments on New Agreement Template Draft for VA's Indian Health Services/Tribal Health Program Reimbursement Agreements
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Published
September 16, 2022
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Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) will facilitate a tribal consultation session regarding the expansion of VA's Indian Health Services/Tribal Health Program's (IHS/THP) Reimbursement Agreements Program to include Purchase Referred Care (PRC) and Contracted Travel. VA seeks tribal feedback to assist with drafting an updated Reimbursement Agreement template for the lower 48 states. Input requested includes, but is not limited to, the agreement scope of service, payment rates and invoicing or billing submissions.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 57024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20068]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Notice of Tribal Consultation and Request for Comments on New
Agreement Template Draft for VA's Indian Health Services/Tribal Health
Program Reimbursement Agreements
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) will facilitate a tribal consultation session
regarding the expansion of VA's Indian Health Services/Tribal Health
Program's (IHS/THP) Reimbursement Agreements Program to include
Purchase Referred Care (PRC) and Contracted Travel. VA seeks tribal
feedback to assist with drafting an updated Reimbursement Agreement
template for the lower 48 states. Input requested includes, but is not
limited to, the agreement scope of service, payment rates and invoicing
or billing submissions.
DATES: VA will hold an in-person consultation on Tuesday, September 27,
2022, between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. (EST) at the Hyatt Regency
Washington, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001, which will be
hosted by the National Indian Health Board. Additionally, VA will hold
a virtual consultation on September 30, 2022, between 1-2 p.m. (EST).
Written comments must be received on or before September 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Participants can attend the in-person consultation at the
Hyatt Regency Washington, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20001. Participants can also access the virtual session by logging
into: <a href="https://vacctraining.adobeconnect.com/r400v3p2dbjq/">https://vacctraining.adobeconnect.com/r400v3p2dbjq/</a>.
Written comments may also be submitted by any of the following
methods: Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3743455e55565b5058415245595a52594354585944425b4356435e585977415619505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4d0d6cdc6c5c8c3cbd2c1d6cac9c1cad0c7cbcad7d1c8d0c5d0cdcbcae4d2c58ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a> or Mail: Department
of Veterans Affairs, VHA 16, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kara Hawthorne, Program Manager,
VA Office of Integrated Veteran Care, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8edafce7ecefe2a0cfe9fcebebe3ebe0fafdcef8efa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce9abca7acafa2e08fa9bcababa3aba0babd8eb8afe0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a> or
303-780-4826. (This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Utilizing the authorities found in 25 U.S.C.
1645(c), Sharing Arrangements with Federal Agencies; and 38 U.S.C.
8153, Sharing of Health-Care Resources, VA, IHS/THP and Urban Indian
Organizations (UIO) have created the Reimbursement Agreements Program.
This program provides a means for IHS/THP and UIO health facilities to
receive reimbursement from VA for direct care services provided to
eligible American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans. These tribal
consultation sessions are seeking input from tribal governments
regarding a draft agreement that expands the current agreements to
include PRC and Contract Travel. The draft agreement was sent to tribal
leadership and can be obtained by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0652746f64676a2847617463636b6368727546706728616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8adef8e3e8ebe6a4cbedf8efefe7efe4fef9cafceba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
Expansion of the agreements to cover such care is authorized by, and
consistent with, section 2 of the Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native
Veterans Act, Public Law 116-311, which amended section 405(c) of the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act (codified at 25 U.S.C. 1645) by
clarifying the authority to reimburse for direct care services provided
by IHS/THP or UIO health facilities regardless of whether the services
are provided directly by such organizations, through purchased/referred
care, or through a contract for travel described in 25 U.S.C. 1621I(b).
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on September 12, 2022, 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.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-20068 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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