Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
Chapter 9
Section 7.1
Treatment
Issue Date: July 3, 1997
Revision:
1.0 PROCEDURE
CODES
All valid and applicable HCPCS Levels
I and II codes.
2.0 POLICY
2.1 Treatment
through the use of medical, habilitative, or rehabilitative methods,
techniques, therapies, equipment, prosthetic devices, orthopedic
braces and appliances, may be cost-shared subject to all other applicable
Extended Care Health Option (ECHO) requirements.
2.2 Services
cost-shared through the ECHO may be provided by an authorized institutional
or individual professional provider on an inpatient or outpatient
basis and rendered in the beneficiary’s natural environment. This
includes at home, at school, or other location that is suitable
for the type of services being rendered.
3.0 EXCLUSION
Treatment services available under the TRICARE
Basic Program are not eligible to be cost-shared under the ECHO.
4.0 EFFECTIVE
DATE
September 1, 2005.
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