LIMITS ON PAYMENT FOR OPHTHALMIC ULTRASOUND.

SEC. 4046. LIMITS ON PAYMENT FOR OPHTHALMIC ULTRASOUND. (a) In General.— Section 1842 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u), as previously amended by this subpart is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(11)— (A) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated under section 4045(c)(1)(A)(ii) of this title, by inserting “or (C)” after “subparagraph (B)”; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: “(C) The prevailing charge level determined with respect to Amode ophthalmic ultrasound procedures may not exceed 5 percent101 STAT. 1330–89 of the prevailing charge level established with respect to extracapsular cataract removal with lens implantation.”; and (2) in subparagraph (D) of subsection (j)(1), as added by section 4045(c)(1)(B) of this subtitle— (A) in clause (ii), by striking “and” at the end of subclause (III), by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (V) and by inserting before such subclause the following new subclause: “(IV) a prevailing charge limit is established under subsection (b)(11)(C)(i), and”; and (B) in clause (iii)(II), by striking “or (b)(11)(B)” and inserting “(b)(11)(B), or (b)(11)(C)(i)”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after April 1, 1988.