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Agreement Number 85-10-0004 Local Government shall utilize outside medical care providers that are covered by the USMS' NMCC preferred provider Network to the maximum extent practicable. The Local Government can obtain information about NMCC covered providers from the local USMS District Office. The Federal Government will be billed directly by the medical care provider not the Local Government. To ensure that Medicare rates are properly applied, medical claims for Federal prisoners must be on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Forms so that they can be re-priced to Medicare rates in accordance with the provisions of Title 18 U.S,C. Section 4006. The USMS will not reimburse the detention facility for medical payments made on behalf of USMS prisoners in the absence of a specific arrangement approved in writing by the USMS. All outside medical care provided to Federal prisoners must be pre-approved by the Federal Government except in a medical emergency. In the event of an emergency, the Local Government shall proceed immediately with necessary medical treatment. The Local Government shall notify the Federal Governmentimmediately regarding the nature of the Federal prisoner's illness orinjury as well as the types of treatment provided. The Facility shall have in place an adequate infectious disease control program which includes testing of all Federal prisoners for Tuberculosis (TB) in accordance with National Commission on CorreEtionat Health Care (NCCHC) Standards for Health Services in lails. TB testing shall occur with 14 days of intake (unless current TB tests results are available), be promptly documented in the Federai prisoner's medical record and the results forwarded to the local USMS District within thirty (30) days of intake. Special requests for expedited TB testing and clearance (to include time sensitive moves) shall be accomplished through advance coordination by the Federal Government and Local Government. The Local Government shall immediately notify the Federal Government to include the local district office of any cases of suspected or active TB or any other highly communicable diseases such as but not limited to Coronavirus Disease (COVID), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Avian Flu, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Chicken Pox, etc., which might affect scheduled transports or productions. When a federal prisoner is being transferred or released from the Facility, they will be provided with a minimum of seven (7) days of prescription medications and any medications already dispensed to the prisoner. Medical records and Form USM-553, Prisoner in Transit Medical Summary must travel with the Federal prisoner. If the records are maintained at a medical contractor's facility, it is the Local Government's responsibility to obtain them before a federal prisoner is transferred. Federal prisoners may be charged a medical co-payment by the Local Government in accordance with the provisions of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 4013(d). The Federal Government is not responsible formedical co-payments and shall not be billed if the federal prisoneris indigent and cannot make the co-payment. Indigent Federal prisoners shall not be denied medical evaluation and treatment for failure to provide a co-payment. (End of Provision) Local Government (initial): Federal Government (:nitial): Page 7 of t8