Regulatory Compliance, Consumer Trends 17 Jan 2025 food assistance, administrative practice and procedure, mental health programs, claims, health care, fraud, military families, health insurance, individuals with disabilities, military personnel, wic program, electronic benefits, defense health agency, dental health

🥗WIC Overseas Program Updates

The ASD(HA) is issuing this final rule to revise the definition of drafts, currently defined as paper instruments, within the regulation governing the WIC Overseas Program. This final rule modernizes the definition of drafts to include not only paper instruments but also other methods and processes, including electronic benefit transfers. The rule is being published as a final rule as the change to the definition of drafts involve only a minor, technical amendment to the existing regulation. The Department has determined that notice and comment would be unnecessary and contrary to public interest.

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Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 3 Jan 2025 health professions, veterans, day care, administrative practice and procedure, drug abuse, whole health services, mental health programs, government contracts, health care, nursing homes, alcoholism, alcohol abuse, veterans health, claims, health facilities, department of veterans affairs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, copayment exemption

🏥Copayment Exemption for Whole Health Services Proposed by VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to revise its medical regulations to exempt Whole Health well-being services from the copayment requirements for inpatient hospital care and outpatient medical care. These Whole Health well-being services, which consist of Whole Health education and skill-building programs and complementary and integrative health well-being services, are provided to Veterans within the VA Whole Health System of Care to improve Veterans' overall health and well-being.

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