Exempting In-Home Video Telehealth From Copayments
VA · va-other · Published 2012-09-25 · Effective 2012-05-07 · 77 FR 58952
Document
Document number
2012-23513
Federal Register citation
77 FR 58952
CFR reference
38 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
Category
va-other
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2012-09-25
Effective date
2012-05-07
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a direct final rule amending its regulation that governs VA services that are not subject to copayment requirements for inpatient hospital care or outpatient medical care. Specifically, the regulation exempted in-home video telehealth care from having any required copayment. VA received no significant adverse comments concerning this rule or its companion substantially identical proposed rule published on the same date. This document confirms that the direct final rule became effective on May 7, 2012. In a companion document in this issue of the Federal Register, we are withdrawing as unnecessary the proposed rule.