# Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2023-02-16 · Effective 2024-02-16 · 88 FR 10032
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-03013
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 10032
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 70
- **Publication date:** 2023-02-16
- **Effective date:** 2024-02-16
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its beneficiary travel regulations to establish a new payment methodology for special modes of transportation. The new payment methodology will apply in the absence of a contract between VA and a vendor of the special mode of transportation. For transport by ambulance, VA will pay the lesser of the actual charge or the amount determined by the Medicare Part B Ambulance Fee Schedule established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For travel by modes other than ambulance, VA will establish a payment methodology based on States' posted rates or the actual charge.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/16/2023-03013/change-in-rates-va-pays-for-special-modes-of-transportation)
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