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for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Mr. Licari at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: December 20, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28036 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2018–HA–0080] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: 30-day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 28, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be 

emailed to Ms. Cortney Higgins, DoD 

Desk Officer, at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and 

title of the information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Diagnosis Related Groups 

(DRG) Reimbursement Two Parts; OMB 

Control Number 0720–0017. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 5,600. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 5,600. 

Average Burden per Response: 1 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,600. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is in conjunction with a 

notice of proposed collection. The 

Department of Defense Authorization 

Act, 1984, P.L. 98–94 amended Title 10, 

section 1079(j)(2)(A) of the U.S.C. and 

provided the Civilian Health and 

Medical Program of the Uniformed 

Services (CHAMPUS) with the statutory 

authority to reimburse institutional 

providers based on diagnosis-related 

groups (DRGs). The TRICARE/ 

CHAMPUS DRG-based payment system 

is modeled on the Medicare Prospective 

Payment System (PPS) and was 

implemented on October 1, 1987. The 

TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based 

payments apply only to hospital’s 

operating costs and do not include any 

amounts for hospitals’ capital or direct 

medical education costs. Any hospital 

subject to the DRG-based payment 

system, except for children’s hospitals 

(whose capital and direct medical 

education costs are incorporated in the 

children’s hospital differential), who 

want to be reimbursed for allowed 

capital and direct medical education 

costs must submit a request for payment 

to the TRICARE/CHAMPUS contractor. 

The request allows TRICARE to collect 

the information necessary to properly 

reimburse hospitals for its share of these 

costs. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Cortney 

Higgins. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Mr. Licari at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: December 20, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28034 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DOD–2018–HA–0081] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: The Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: 30-day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 28, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be 

emailed to Ms. Cortney Higgins, DoD 

Desk Officer, at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and 

title of the information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Defense Medical Human 

Resources System internet; OMB 

Control Number 0720–0041. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 89,250. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 89,250. 

Average Burden per Response: 7.5 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11,156.25. 

Needs and Uses: The DoD is required 

to provide and account for personnel, 

medical training and readiness and to 

establish a Joint strategy to justify 

Medical Resources for Readiness and 

Peacetime Care. In response, the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense, HA/ 

TMA and the Service Surgeon Generals 

of the Army, Navy and Air Force 

approved development of a single Joint 

electronic database to provide visibility 

of and to support the preparedness of all 

Military Healthcare System (MHS) 

medical personnel (to meet national 


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