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  • Removing Net Worth Requirement From Health Care Enrollment

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 05/24/2019.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is removing the regulatory provisions regarding the veteran's net worth as a factor in determining the veteran's eligibility for VA health care. Prior to January 1, 2015, VA considered a veteran's net worth and annual income when determining a veteran's assignment to an enrollment priority group for VA...

  • Veterans Care Agreements

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 05/14/2019.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations to implement its authority to furnish necessary care to covered individuals through certain agreements. Section 102 of the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018...

  • Medical and Dental Care for Eligible Persons at Navy Department Facilities

    by the Navy Department on 03/26/2019.

    This final rule removes the Department of the Navy (DON) regulation concerning Medical and Dental Care for Eligible Persons at Navy Department Facilities. Eligibility for healthcare in military medical treatment facilities is established in statute and other DoD regulations, therefore, this regulation is redundant and should be repealed.

  • Non Naval Medical and Dental Care

    by the Navy Department on 03/26/2019.

    This final rule removes the Department of the Navy (DON) regulation concerning Non Naval Medical and Dental Care. This regulation is redundant of a Department of Defense regulation on the payment of claims to private sector health care providers for health care services furnished to active duty members of all uniformed services, and it should be...

  • Fertility Counseling and Treatment for Certain Veterans and Spouses

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 03/07/2019.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes based on subsequent changes to our statutory authority, an interim final rule adding a new section to the medical regulations authorizing in vitro fertilization (IVF) for a veteran with a service- connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate...

  • Update: Enrollment-Provision of Hospital and Outpatient Care to Medal of Honor Veterans

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 03/05/2019.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its medical regulations governing eligibility for VA health care and copayment requirements to conform to recent statutory changes. VA is changing its enrollment criteria to move Medal of Honor recipients from priority category three to priority category one, and exempting recipients of the...

  • Establishment of TRICARE Select and Other TRICARE Reforms

    by the Defense Department on 02/15/2019.

    This final rule implements the primary features of section 701 and partially implements several other sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA-17). The law makes significant changes to the TRICARE program, especially to the health maintenance organization (HMO)-like health plan, known as TRICARE Prime; to the...

  • TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program Reforms

    by the Defense Department on 12/11/2018.

    This interim final rule implements Section 702 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (NDAA FY18). The law makes significant changes to the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program, specifically it: Updates co-payment requirements; authorizes a new process for encouraging use of pharmaceutical agents that provide the best...

  • Per Diem Paid to States for Care of Eligible Veterans in State Homes

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 11/28/2018.

    This rulemaking adopts as final, with changes, proposed amendments to VA's regulations governing payment of per diem to States for nursing home care, domiciliary care, and adult day health care for eligible veterans in State homes. This rulemaking reorganizes, updates, and clarifies State home regulations, authorizes greater flexibility in adult...

  • Definition of Domiciliary Care

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 09/25/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with no changes, a proposed rule amending the definition of domiciliary care to encompass VA's Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP). This rule aligns regulations with VA's administrative decision in 2005 to designate MH RRTP as a type of domiciliary care. We...

  • Third Party Billing for Medical Care Provided Under Special Treatment Authorities

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 07/06/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its medical regulations to clarify that VA will not bill third party payers for care and services provided by VA under certain statutory provisions, which we refer to as ``special treatment authorities.'' These special treatment authorities direct VA to provide care and services to veterans...

  • Medical Care in Foreign Countries and Filing for Reimbursement for Community Care Not Previously Authorized by VA

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 06/25/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with no changes, a proposed rule amending its medical regulations related to hospital care and medical services in foreign countries. We simplified and clarified the scope of these regulations, address medical services provided to eligible veterans in the Republic of the Philippines, and...

  • Expanded Access to Non-VA Care Through the Veterans Choice Program

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 05/11/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with no change, an interim final rule revising its medical regulations that implement section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, as amended, (hereafter referred to as ``the Choice Act''), which requires VA to establish a program (hereafter referred to as...

  • Authority of Health Care Providers To Practice Telehealth

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 05/11/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its medical regulations by standardizing the delivery of care by VA health care providers through telehealth. This rule ensures that VA health care providers can offer the same level of care to all beneficiaries, irrespective of the State or location in a State of the VA health care provider or...

  • Reimbursement of Qualifying Adoption Expenses for Certain Veterans

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 03/05/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulation to provide for reimbursement of qualifying adoption expenses incurred by a veteran with a service-connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. Under the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction,...

  • Reimbursement for Emergency Treatment

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 01/09/2018.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) revises its regulations concerning payment or reimbursement for emergency treatment for non-service-connected conditions at non-VA facilities to implement the requirements of a recent court decision. Specifically, this rulemaking expands eligibility for payment or reimbursement to include veterans who...

  • TRICARE; Reimbursement of Long Term Care Hospitals and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

    by the Defense Department on 12/29/2017.

    This final rule establishes reimbursement rates for Long Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs) and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) in accordance with the statutory requirement that TRICARE inpatient care ``payments shall be determined to the extent practicable in accordance with the same reimbursement rules as apply to payments to providers of...

  • Homeless Veterans

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 11/03/2017.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern homeless veterans to conform to recent statutory requirements. VA is amending the definition of homeless veterans by including veterans who would otherwise be ineligible to receive certain benefits because of their length of service or type of discharge from the...

  • Establishment of TRICARE Select and Other TRICARE Reforms

    by the Defense Department on 09/29/2017.

    This interim final rule implements the primary features of section 701 and partially implements several other sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (NDAA-17). The law makes significant changes to the TRICARE program, especially to the health maintenance organization (HMO)-like health plan, known as TRICARE...

  • Ensuring a Safe Environment for Community Residential Care Residents

    by the Veterans Affairs Department on 07/25/2017.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopts as final, with changes, a proposed rule governing the approval of a community residential care facility (CRC). The final rule prohibits a CRC from employing an individual who has been convicted in a court of law of certain listed crimes within 7 years of conviction, or has had a finding within 6...