Medicare Part B Services

30 - Medicare Part B Services (Rev. 2075, Issued: 10-28-10, Effective: 01-01-10, Implementation: 01-28-11) Effective July 1, 2001, §432 BIPA extended payment for the services of physician and non-physician practitioners furnished in hospitals and ambulatory care clinics (services paid under the MPFS, §1848 of the Act). Clinics associated with hospitals or which are freestanding that are owned and operated by IHS or tribally owned and IHS operated are considered to be IHS and are authorized to bill only the designated A/B MAC (B) for Medicare Part B (medical insurance) services identified in §432 of BIPA 2000. Other clinics associated with hospitals or which are freestanding that are not considered to be IHS (i.e., IHS owned but tribally operated or tribally owned and operated) can continue to bill the local A/B MAC (B) for the full range of covered Medicare services, not restricted to the limitations of the BIPA provision. • Prior to enactment of §630 of the MMA of 2003, IHS facilities were not allowed to bill for Medicare Part B services, other than those paid under the MPFS, which were covered under §1848 of the Act. Section 630 of the MMA, indefinitely extended by §2902 of the ACA, expanded the scope of items and services for which payment may be made to IHS facilities to include all other Medicare Part B covered items and services beginning January 1, 2005.