48 CFR § 1602.170-2 - 1602.170-2 Community rate.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1602.170-2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1602.170-2 - 1602.170-2 Community rate."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1602.170-2"
section_name: "1602.170-2 Community rate."
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1602"
part_name: "DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8903c and 8913; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 16038, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1602"
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# 1602.170-2 1602.170-2 Community rate.
(a) *Community rate* means a rate of payment based on a per member per month capitation rate or its equivalent that applies to a combination of the subscriber groups for a comprehensive medical plan carrier. References in this subchapter to “a combination of cost and price analysis” relating to the applicability of policy and contract clauses refer to comprehensive medical plan carriers using community rates.
(b) *Adjusted community rate* means a community rate which has been adjusted for expected use of medical resources of the FEHBP group. An adjusted community rate is a prospective rate and cannot be retroactively revised to reflect actual experience, utilization, or costs of the FEHBP group, except as described in 1615.402(c)(4).
[55 FR 27414, July 2, 1990, as amended at 62 FR 47573, Sept. 10, 1997; 76 FR 38284, June 29, 2011]