| Abstract: | This final rule simplifies the administration of benefits under the CHAMPUS Program for the Handicapped (PFTH) and changes the name of this benefit to Program for Persons with Disabilities (PFPWD); adds occupational therapists in independent practice to the list of authorized individual professional providers; provides criteria for cost-sharing certain procedures when data is transferred electronically from the patient's home to a medical practitioner; defines and limits plans recognized as supplemental insurance under CHAMPUS; and adopts the Federal Claims Collection Act and the Federal Claims Collection Standards by reference. |
