Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); demonstration project--DoD. Notice of the implementation and operation of a health care demonstration project for CHAMPUS beneficiaries residing in selected base realignment and closure (BRAC) sites in Texas and Louisiana.
Section 9032 of the DoD Appropriations Act, 1993, requires CHAMPUS Reform Initiative (CRI) services to begin at the BRAC sites at Austin (Bergstrom Air Force Base) and Fort Worth (Carswell Air Force Base), Texas, and Alexandria, (England Air Force Base), Louisiana, by May 1, 1993. These sites will be referred to as the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative--Selected Base Realignment and Closure Sites (hereinafter referred to as CRI--BRAC). The Alexandria site will include the Fork Polk catchment area. Objectives of CRI--BRAC are: (1) Assurance of continuing beneficiary access to care: (2) a strengthening of quality assurance activities; and (3) controlling health care costs. In addition, the pharmacy benefits provided for in section 702(b) of the 1993 Defense Authorization Act will be implemented for DoD Medicare eligible beneficiaries.
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