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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