2016 – TSGAC – Comments on Payment for Physician and Other Health Care Professional Services Purchased by Indian Health Programs and Medical Charges Associated with Non-Hospital-Based Care

Comment submitted on behalf of TSGAC regarding “Payment for Physician and Other Health Care Professional Services Purchased by Indian Health Programs and Medical Charges Associated with Non-Hospital-Based Care.”

The Final Rule implements a methodology and payment rates for IHS Purchased/Referred Care (PRC), formerly known as the Contract Health Services (CHS), to apply
Medicare payment methodologies to all physician and other health care professional services and nonhospital-based services.