# Expanding TRICARE Access to Care in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
> **US Department of Defense** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2023-01-12 · 88 FR 1992
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-00381
- **Category:** personnel
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 1992
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 199
- **Publication date:** 2023-01-12
- **DOD docket:** Docket ID: DoD-2021-HA-0015
## Abstract

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) issues this interim final rule (IFR) with comment to modify the TRICARE regulation by adding freestanding End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) facilities as a category of TRICARE-authorized institutional provider and establishing reimbursement for such facilities and by temporarily adopting Medicare's New Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatments Add-on Payments (NCTAPs).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/12/2023-00381/expanding-tricare-access-to-care-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic)
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