0720-AB85 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0720 Office of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs DODOASHA 0700 Department of Defense DOD TRICARE Removal of Temporary Regulation Change and Freestanding End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities as TRICARE-Authorized Institutional Providers and Reimbursement Methods for ESRD facilities

This rule finalizes an interim final rule that amended 32 CFR part 199 by: (1) adding freestanding End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facilities as a category of TRICARE-authorized institutional provider and modifying the reimbursement for such facilities; and (2) temporarily adopting Medicare’s New COVID-19 Treatments Add-on Payment (NCTAP).  The ESRD provisions are permanent, and the temporary NCTAP provisions expire at the end of the fiscal year in which the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency ends.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 32 CFR 199 5 U.S.C. 301 10 U.S.C. ch. 55 Yes Interim Final Rule 01/12/2023 88 FR 1992 Interim Final Rule Effective 01/12/2023 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 03/13/2023 Final Action 12/00/2025 No No None No No No No Sharon Seelmeyer Ms. Medical Benefits and Reimbursement Section 0720 Office of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs DODOASHA 303 676-3690 sharon.l.seelmeyer.civ@health.mil 16401 E Centretech Pkwy, Aurora CO 80011-9066