TRICARE Coverage of Certain Medical Benefits in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, interim final rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 54914 (Sept. 3, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

TRICARE program

Level

Federal

Authority

10 U.S.C. 1073

Issued

2020-09-03 Sept. 3, 2020

Effective

2020-09-03 (SNF three-day-stay waiver applicable from Mar. 1, 2020) (read as 2020-09-03)

End

Through the end of the national emergency or the declared public health emergency (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 3, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersOther

Addressees

• TRICARE hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care hospitals and providers

Functions reached

• IP inpatient and SNF admissions
• CB hospitals, SNFs and home health serving TRICARE patients

Collection

Defense installations and the National Guard AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD

Operative words

This interim final rule with comment is effective on September 3, 2020 through either the end of the President's national emergency (Proclamation 9994...) or the end of the declared public health emergency... The temporary waiver of the SNF three-day prior stay rule is applicable beginning March 1, 2020.

Enforcement