title: Elimination of co-payment for weight management counseling. Direct final rule.
abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking direct action to amend its medical regulations concerning co-payments for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical care. More specifically, this rule designates weight management counseling (individual and group sessions) as a service that is not subject to co-payment requirements. The intended effect of this direct final rule is to increase participation in weight management counseling by removing the co-payment barrier. This direct final rule also amends the medical regulations by making nonsubstantive changes to correct references to statutory provisions.
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015431:Weight Loss