Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); reimbursement of providers, claims filing, and participating provider program--Office of the Secretary, DoD. Final rule.

This final rule implements provisions of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993, section 9011, which limits increases in maximum allowable payments to physicians and other individual professional providers (including clinical laboratories), authorizes reductions in such amounts for overpriced procedures, provides special procedures to assure beneficiary access to care, and establishes limits on balance billing by providers. Also, the final rule implements a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 that requires providers to file claims on behalf of CHAMPUS beneficiaries, builds into the CHAMPUS Regulation provisions that have been in effect for several years regarding the Participating Provider Program, and implements a new approach for CHAMPUS reimbursement for ambulatory surgery.