Extended Care Health Option (ECHO)
Chapter 9
Section 7.1
Treatment
Issue Date: July 3, 1997
Revision:
1.0 HCPCS CODES
All valid and applicable Healthcare
Common Procedure Coding System (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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