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§ 17.1008 — Balance Billing Prohibited

38 C.F.R. § 17.1008

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Payment by VA under 38 U.S.C. 1725 on behalf of a veteran to a provider of emergency treatment and any non-emergency treatment that is authorized under § 17.1005(c) of this part shall, unless rejected and refunded by the provider within 30 days of receipt, extinguish all liability on the part of the veteran for that emergency treatment and any non-emergency treatment that is authorized under § 17.1005(c) of this part. Neither the absence of a contract or agreement between VA and the provider nor any provision of a contract, agreement, or assignment to the contrary shall operate to modify, limit, or negate this requirement.

38 C.F.R. § 17.1007 38 C.F.R. § 17.1200

Authorizing Statute

Rules and regulations
38 U.S.C. § 501
Medical care for survivors and dependents of certain veterans
38 U.S.C. § 1781
Definitions
38 U.S.C. § 1701
Definitions
38 U.S.C. § 101
Assistance for providing automobile and adaptive equipment
38 U.S.C. § 3902
Clothing allowance
38 U.S.C. § 1162
Eligibility for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care
38 U.S.C. § 1710
Community residential care
38 U.S.C. § 1730
Agreements with eligible entities or providers; certification processes
38 U.S.C. § 1703A
Contracts and personal services
38 U.S.C. § 513
Definitions
38 U.S.C. § 3901
Establishment
38 U.S.C. § 7691
Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans
38 U.S.C. § 1712C
Care and services during certain disasters and emergencies
38 U.S.C. § 1785
Functions of Veterans Health Administration: health-care personnel education and training programs
38 U.S.C. § 7302
Benefits for discharged members of allied forces
38 U.S.C. § 109
Emergent suicide care
38 U.S.C. § 1720J
Recovery by United States
42 U.S.C. § 2651
Transplant procedures with live donors and related services
38 U.S.C. § 1788
Access to walk-in care
38 U.S.C. § 1725A
Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
38 U.S.C. § 1787
Assistance and support services for caregivers
38 U.S.C. § 1720G
Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
5 U.S.C. § 552
Functions of Veterans Health Administration: in general
38 U.S.C. § 7301
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
42 U.S.C. § 1396
Regulations
38 U.S.C. § 7304
Requirement for program
38 U.S.C. § 7698
Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad
38 U.S.C. § 1724
Veterans Community Care Program
38 U.S.C. § 1703
Center for Innovation for Care and Payment
38 U.S.C. § 1703E
Reimbursement for emergency treatment
38 U.S.C. § 1725