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VHA authorization. . .______________________________________________
The President signed an executive order authorizing the payment
Conus Variable Housing Allowance (VHA) during fiscal year 1981.
The VHA is authorized for the purpose of assisting members entitl
a basic allowance for quarters to defray housing costs under certain
conditions: (1) The member is assigned to a permanent station located in
the United States within an area where the average cost for housing exceeds
the average basic allowance for quarters by 15 percent or more; (2) The
member is assigned to a permanent station outside the United States
and the member's dependents reside in an area within the United States
where the average cost of housing exceeds the average basic allowance for
quarters by 15 percent o,r more.
Deadline extension. . .
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS)—Deadline for colonels and colonel-selectees
to apply for Air Force ROTC duty has been extended to Oct. 31, 1980, by
the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center's Group.
The positions are available at 31 colleges and universities during sum-
mer 1981. Local personnel offices have lists of schools.
Application procedures are in Air Force Regulation 36-20, paragraph
8-13. Anyone with questions about the program may call Lt. Col. Clint
Summerfield, Colonels' Group Management division chief, at autovon
487-6951.
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SF.T BY LAW—Closely related to "participation" is the CHAMPUS use
the customary and prevailing principles and rules in the determinatio:
the CHAMPUS reasonable charges applicable to physicians and other indiv'
ual providers. The allowable amount is the lowest of the following:
1. The actual billed charge.
2. The customary charge made by the provider under similar circum-
stances for the same medical service or supply. (The customary charge is
the amount which the provider usually and most frequently charged his/her
patients in the previous calendar year for a specific medical service or
supply provided under similar medical circumstances.)
3. The prevailing charge of most providers of similar training in a
geographic area for the same medical service or supply. (The prevailing
charge is set at a level that would have fully paid at least 80 out of 100
charges made for that medical service or supply during the previous calen-
dar year by all providers of similar training in the same geographic
area.)
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Editor
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Staff
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