Pub. L. 101-511, tit. VIII, sec. 8012

Sec. 8012. None of the funds contained in this Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services shall be available for payments to physicians and other authorized individual health care providers in excess of the amounts allowed in fiscal year 1990 for similar services, except that: (a) for services for which the Secretary of Defense determines an increase is justified by economic circumstances, the allowable amounts may be increased in accordance with appropriate economic index data similar to that used pursuant to title XVIII of the Social Security Act; and (b) for services the Secretary determines are overpriced based on an analysis similar to that used pursuant to title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the allowable amounts shall be reduced by not more than 15 percent. The Secretary shall solicit public comment prior to promulgating regulations to implement this section.