Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); program for persons with disabilities; basic program--DoD. Final rule.
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.
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