{"id":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-072","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"TRICARE program (9.6 million beneficiaries; network and non-network providers)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"DEFENSE-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Office of the Secretary of Defense (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs)","authority":"10 U.S.C. 1073","instrument":"TRICARE Coverage and Payment for Certain Services in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, interim final rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 27921 (May 12, 2020)","title":"TRICARE Coverage and Payment for Certain Services in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-05-12","effective":"2020-05-12","end":"Through the end of the President\u0027s national emergency (Proclamation 9994)","startDate":"2020-05-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["TRICARE providers","managed care support contractors","beneficiaries"],"clause":"This interim final rule is effective on May 12, 2020 through the end of the President\u0027s national emergency... temporarily waiving some licensure requirements... copayments and cost-shares for telehealth services. The changes in this rule will be effective for the period of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.","enforcement":"Binding regulation, 32 C.F.R. 199.4(g)(52) and related provisions temporarily modified","functions":["TM telehealth substituted for in-person visits","CB physician, behavioral-health and dental practices serving TRICARE patients","OF billing rules"],"notes":"Preamble recites that providers were directed \u0027to restrict or close their operations\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-12/pdf/2020-10042.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":249090,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-072","citation":"Office of the Secretary of Defense (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs), TRICARE Coverage and Payment for Certain Services in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, interim final rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 27921 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-072)","stateName":"","related":[]}