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MRA along with bills to Medigap or 

other Medicare supplemental insurers: 

√ Claim type Reason for exclusion 

1 .............. Purchased Services (fee-basis, contracted out) ........................... Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and VA policy differences. 

2 .............. Mammography Services ................................................................ CMS and VA policy differences. 

3 .............. Institutional (Part A) Adjustments .................................................. Updates in process: Expected to be included October 2006. 

4 .............. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) ..................................................... Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

5 .............. Ambulance ..................................................................................... CMS and VA policy differences. 

6 .............. Rehab Services ............................................................................. Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

7 .............. Professional (Part B) Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and 

Prosthetics & Orthotics (P&O).

Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

8 .............. Hospice/Respite Care .................................................................... Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

9 .............. Home Health Care (HHC) ............................................................. Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

10 ............ Maintenance/Routine Dialysis ....................................................... Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

11 ............ Patients with Medicare Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) 

Policies.

Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

12 ............ Independent Laboratories .............................................................. Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

13 ............ Ambulatory Surgical Centers ......................................................... Not currently covered by CMS/VA Interagency Agreement. 

VA continues to work with CMS to 

add these claim types to our program; in 

the interim, we expect that all Medicare 

supplemental insurers will continue to 

process these claims for payment under 

their previous methodology and based 

on the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 1729. 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1729. 

Approved: August 10, 2006. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E6–13801 Filed 8–21–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on CARES 

Business Plan Studies; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Public Law 

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee 

Act) that the Advisory Committee on 

CARES Business Plan Studies will meet 

on Friday, September 8, 2006, from 9 

a.m. until 3 p.m., in the Dining Room 

of the Nursing Home Care Unit, 

Building 90, VA Palo Alto Health Care 

System, 4951 Arroyo Road, Livermore, 

CA. The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on proposed business 

plans at those VA facility sites 

identified in May 2004 as requiring 

further study by the Capital Asset 

Realignment for Enhanced Services 

(CARES) Decision document. 

The objectives of the Local Advisory 

Panel meeting are to communicate the 

Secretary’s decision on the specific 

options to be evaluated and the 

timeframe for the completion of the 

study. Additional presentations will 

focus on the VA-selected contractor’s 

methodology and tools to evaluate the 

remaining options. The agenda will also 

accommodate public commentary on 

implementation issues associated with 

each option. 

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral or written statements to the 

Committee. For additional information 

regarding the meeting, please contact 

Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal 

Officer, (00CARES), 810 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20024, 

by phone at (202) 273–5994, or by email at jay.halpern@hq.med.va.gov. 

Dated: August 11, 2006. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7075 Filed 8–21–06; 8:45 am] 

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