Third party payer.

Third party payer. The term third party payer means a person who pays, or agrees to pay, for diagnosis or treatment furnished to a patient on the basis of a contractual relationship with the patient or a member of his or her family or on the basis of the patient's eligibility for Federal, State, or local governmental benefits.

Source

38 CFR § 1.460

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Scoping language

For purposes of 1.460 through 1.499 of this part, the following definitions apply:

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