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Reasonable Charges for Medical Care or Services ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-04-E7-23505</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
medical regulations concerning ``reasonable charges'' for medical care 
or services provided or furnished by VA to certain veterans for 
nonserviceconnected disabilities. It changes the process for 
determining interim billing charges when a new Diagnosis Related Group 
(DRG) code or Current Procedural Terminology/Healthcare Common 
Procedure Coding System (CPT/HCPCS) code identifier is assigned to a 
particular type or item of medical care or service and VA has not yet 
established a charge for the new identifier. This process is designed 
to provide interim billing charges that are very close to what the new 
billing charges would be when the charges for the new identifiers are 
established in accordance with the regulations. This final rule also 
changes the regulations by removing all of the provisions for discounts 
of billed charges. This will eliminate or reduce duplicate discounting 
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