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  • Title: TRICARE; Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); bonus payments in medically underserved areas. Final rule.
    Author: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, USA.
    Journal: Fed Regist; 2002 Apr 15; 67(72):18114-5. PubMed ID: 11954619.
    Abstract:
    This final rule implements a bonus payment, in addition to the amount normally paid under the allowable charge methodology, to physicians in medically underserved areas. For purposes of this rule, medically underserved areas are the same as those determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Medicare program. Such bonus payments shall be equal to the bonus payments authorized by Medicare, except as necessary to recognize any unique or distinct characteristics or requirements of the TRICARE program, and as described in instructions issued by the Executive Director, TRICARE Management Activity. This rule promotes a reimbursement enhancement to a limited number of physicians designed to increase TRICARE beneficiary access to care.
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