Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); specialized treatment services; nonavailability statements; peer review organization program; supplemental care--DoD. Final rule.

This final rule: establishes a Specialized Treatment Services Program, under which CHAMPUS beneficiaries in need of certain highly specialized medical care will be referred to specially designated national or regional, military or civilian treatment facilities; revises a number of procedures applicable to the CHAMPUS Peer Review Organization program; and expands reliance on CHAMPUS payment rules and procedures for purposes of the supplemental care program, which applies to services provided by civilian providers to active duty members and certain other patients referred by military providers.