APPROVAL OF MEDICARE PROVIDERS AS TRICARE PROVIDERS.

SEC. 705. APPROVAL OF MEDICARE PROVIDERS AS TRICARE PROVIDERS. (a) In General.—Section 1079 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(q) Subject to subsection (a), a physician or other health care practitioner who is eligible to receive reimbursement for services provided under medicare (as defined in section 1086(d)(3)(C) of this title) shall be considered approved to provide medical care authorized under this section and section 1086 of this title unless the administering Secretaries have information indicating medicare, 116 STAT. 2585TRICARE, or other Federal health care program integrity violations by the physician or other health care practitioner.”. (b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any contract under the TRICARE program entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.