title: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); program for persons with disabilities; basic program--DoD. Final rule.
abstract: This final rule simplifies the administration of benefits under the CHAMPUS Program for the Handicapped (PFTH) and changes the name of this benefit to Program for Persons with Disabilities (PFPWD); adds occupational therapists in independent practice to the list of authorized individual professional providers; provides criteria for cost-sharing certain procedures when data is transferred electronically from the patient's home to a medical practitioner; defines and limits plans recognized as supplemental insurance under CHAMPUS; and adopts the Federal Claims Collection Act and the Federal Claims Collection Standards by reference.
mesh_terms: D017047:Cost Sharing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006077:Government Agencies; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States