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HRD-79-81 1 (1979-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazhj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ioqsi3 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Mjj9513 WASHINGTON. D.C. 258 B-133142 MAY 31, 1979 The Honorable Warren G. Magnuson Chairman, Committee on Appropriations United States Senate 10, 3o The Honorable Jamie L. Whitten Chairman, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives In response to a requirement in the Conference report on the Department of Defense's fiscal year 1977 appropriations (H. Rept. 94-1475), we are reporting on perceptual and visual training as a potential benefit under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHANPUS). The Conference report also required that we determine the feasibility of and cost savings from using Medicare hos- pital payment criteria in making CHAMPUS payments for hos- pital care. We reviewed this matter first at the Committees' request and reported on it in July 1977 (HRD-77-128). Since then, in response to the Committees' continuing interest in CHAMPUS, we have completed reviews on two other matters of more immediate concern to the Committees--(l) the impact of changing CHAMPUS physician payment criteria from the 75th to the 90th percentile and (2) the Defense Department's admin- istration of the legislative requirement that CHAMPUS bene- ficiaries residing within 40 miles of uniformed services hospitals obtain nonemergency inpatient care there rather than under CHAMPUS. The Department deleted perceptual and visual training as a covered benefit under CHAMPUS effective March 9, 1975. The Conference Committee asked that we determine HRD-79-81 IIIIIIIIIIIII I1.81) 109513

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