42 CFR § 136.31 - Authorization by urban Indian organization.

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title: "42 CFR § 136.31 - Authorization by urban Indian organization."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "136.31"
section_name: "Authorization by urban Indian organization."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "136"
part_name: "INDIAN HEALTH"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2001 and 2003; 25 U.S.C. 13; and 25 U.S.C. 1621a."
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# 136.31 Authorization by urban Indian organization.

An urban Indian organization may authorize for purchase items and services for an eligible urban Indian (as those terms are defined in 25 U.S.C. 1603(f) and (h)) according to section 503 of the IHCIA and applicable regulations. Services and items furnished by Medicare-participating inpatient hospitals shall be subject to the payment methodology set forth in § 136.30.