682 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 4 / Friday, January 5, 2018 / Notices 

personnel will issue a visitor’s ID badge 

at the entrance to Building 19. Visitors 

may receive an escort to the meeting 

room. All items brought to HHS/CDC 

are subject to inspection. 

Dated: January 2, 2018. 

Lauren Hoffmann, 

Acting Executive Secretary, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00042 Filed 1–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Reimbursement Rates for Calendar 

Year 2018 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is given that the Acting 

Director of the Indian Health Service 

(IHS), under the authority of sections 

321(a) and 322(b) of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 248 and 249(b)), 

Public Law 83–568 (42 U.S.C. 2001(a)), 

and the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601 et 

seq.), has approved the following rates 

for inpatient and outpatient medical 

care provided by IHS facilities for 

Calendar Year 2018 for Medicare and 

Medicaid beneficiaries, beneficiaries of 

other Federal programs, and for 

recoveries under the Federal Medical 

Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651– 

2653). The inpatient rates for Medicare 

Part A are excluded from the table 

below, as they are paid based on the 

prospective payment system. Since the 

inpatient per diem rates set forth below 

do not include all physician services 

and practitioner services, additional 

payment shall be available to the extent 

that those services are provided. 

Inpatient Hospital Per Diem Rate 

(Excludes Physician/Practitioner 

Services) 

Calendar Year 2018 

Lower 48 States $3,229 

Alaska $3,277 

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Excluding 

Medicare) 

Calendar Year 2018 

Lower 48 States $427 

Alaska $653 

Outpatient Per Visit Rate (Medicare) 

Calendar Year 2018 

Lower 48 States $383 

Alaska $595 

Medicare Part B Inpatient Ancillary Per 

Diem Rate 

Calendar Year 2018 

Lower 48 States $740 

Alaska $1,061 

Outpatient Surgery Rate (Medicare) 

Established Medicare rates for 

freestanding Ambulatory Surgery 

Centers. 

Effective Date for Calendar Year 2018 

Rates 

Consistent with previous annual rate 

revisions, the Calendar Year 2018 rates 

will be effective for services provided 

on/or after January 1, 2018, to the extent 

consistent with payment authorities, 

including the applicable Medicaid State 

plan. 

Dated: December 29, 2017. 

Michael D. Weahkee, 

RADM, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. 

Public Health Service, Acting Director, Indian 

Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00047 Filed 1–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Biological Chemistry 

and Macromolecular Biophysics Integrated 

Review Group, Biochemistry and Biophysics 

of Membranes Study Section. 

Date: January 31, 2018. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20036. 

Contact Person: Nuria E Assa-Munt, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4164, 

MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451– 

1323, assamunu@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Surgical Sciences, 

Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 

Integrated Review Group, Surgery, 

Anesthesiology and Trauma Study Section. 

Date: February 7–8, 2018. 

Time: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Villa Florence Hotel, 225 Powell 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. 

Contact Person: Weihua Luo, M.D., Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5114, 

MSC 7854, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 

1170, luow@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Biological Chemistry 

and Macromolecular Biophysics Integrated 

Review Group, Macromolecular Structure 

and Function D Study Section. 

Date: February 7, 2018. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: St. Gregory Hotel, 2033 M Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20036. 

Contact Person: James W Mack, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4154, 

MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 

2037, mackj2@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Integrative, 

Functional and Cognitive Neuroscience 

Integrated Review Group, Neurobiology of 

Learning and Memory Study Section. 

Date: February 7, 2018. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: The Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second 

Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. 

Contact Person: Nicholas Gaiano, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5178, 

MSC 7844, Bethesda, MD 20892–7844, 301– 

435–1033, gaianonr@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Digestive, Kidney and 

Urological Systems Integrated Review Group, 

Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and 

Action Study Section. 

Date: February 7, 2018. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & 

Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, 

Bethesda, MD 20852. 

Contact Person: Martha Garcia, Ph.D., 

Scientific Reviewer Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 2186, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–1243, 

garciamc@nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Surgical Sciences, 

Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 

Integrated Review Group, Clinical Molecular 

Imaging and Probe Development. 

Date: February 7–8, 2018. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 


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