Interim Final Rule: Expanding TRICARE Access To Care In Response To COVID-19

On January 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense published this interim final rule regarding expanding TRICARE access to care in response to coronavirus disease 2-19 (COVID-19). This rule would modify the TRICARE regulation by adding freestanding End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facilities as a category of TRICARE-authorized institutional provider organization and establishing reimbursement for such facilities and by temporarily adopting Medicare’s New COVID-19 Treatments Add-on Payments (NCTAPs . . .