60114 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 197 / Thursday, October 12, 2006 / Notices 

TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based 

payment system are in 32 CFR part 199. 

Dated: October 5, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–8624 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

TRICARE Formerly Known as the 

Civilian Health and Medical Program of 

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); 

Fiscal Year 2007 Mental Health Rate 

Updates 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of updated mental 

health per diem rates. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides for the 

updating of hospital-specific per diem 

rates for high volume providers and 

regional per diem rates for low volume 

providers; the updated cap per diem for 

high volume providers; the beneficiary 

per diem cost-share amount for low 

volume providers for FY 2007 under the 

TRICARE Mental Health Per Diem 

Payment System; and the updated per 

diem rates for both full-day and half-day 

TRICARE Partial Hospitalization 

Programs for fiscal year 2007. 

DATES: Effective Date: The fiscal year 

2007 rates contained in this notice are 

effective for services occurring on or 

after October 1, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Covie, Office of Medical 

Benefits and Reimbursement Systems, 

TRICARE Management Activity, 

telephone (303) 676–3841. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

rule published in the Federal Register 

on September 6, 1988, (53 FR 34285) set 

forth reimbursement changes that were 

effective for all inpatient hospital 

admissions in psychiatric hospitals and 

exempt psychiatric units occurring on 

or after January 1, 1989. The final rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 1, 1993, (58 FR 35–400) set forth 

maximum per diem rates for all partial 

hospitalization admissions on or after 

September 29, 1993. Included in these 

final rules were provisions for updating 

reimbursement rates for each federal 

fiscal year. As stated in the final rules, 

each per diem shall be updated by the 

Medicare update factor for hospitals and 

units exempt from the Medicare 

Prospective Payment System. For fiscal 

year 2007, Medicare has recommended 

a rate of increase of 3.4 percent for 

hospitals and units excluded from the 

prospective payment system. TRICARE 

will adopt this update factor for FY 

2007 as the final update factor. 

Hospitals and units with hospitalspecific rates (hospitals and units with 

high TRICARE volume) and regional 

specific rates for psychiatric hospitals 

and units with low TRICARE volume 

will have their TRICARE rates for FY 

2006 updated by 3.4 percent for FY 

2007. Partial hospitalization rates for 

full day and half day programs will also 

be updated by 3.4 percent for FY 2007. 

The cap amount for high volume 

hospitals and units will also be updated 

by the 3.4 percent for FY 2007. The 

beneficiary cost-share for low volume 

hospitals and units will also be updated 

by the 3.4 percent for FY 2007. 

Consistent with Medicare, the wage 

portion of the regional rate subject to the 

area wage adjustment is 75.665 percent 

for FY 2007. 


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The following reflect an update of 3.4 

percent for FY 2007. 

PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PROGRAMS FY 2007 

United States census region 

Full-day rate 

(6 hours or 

more) 

Half-day rate 

(3–5 hours) 

Northeast: 

New England (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT) ......................................................................................................... $275 $207 

Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) ................................................................................................................................. 298 224 

Midwest: 

East North Central (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI) ........................................................................................................... 262 196 

West North Central (MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS) ....................................................................................... 262 196 

South: 

South Atlantic (DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL) ................................................................................ 282 212 

East South Central (KY, TN, AL, MS) .............................................................................................................. 305 229 

West South Central (AR, LA, TX, OK) ............................................................................................................. 305 229 

West: 

Mountain (MT, ID, WY, CO, NM, AZ, UT, NV) ................................................................................................ 308 232 

Pacific (WA, OR, CA, AK, HI) .......................................................................................................................... 302 226 


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60116 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 197 / Thursday, October 12, 2006 / Notices 

PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PROGRAMS FY 2007—Continued 

United States census region 

Full-day rate 

(6 hours or 

more) 

Half-day rate 

(3–5 hours) 

Puerto Rico 196 148 

The above rates are effective for 

services rendered on or after October 1, 

2006. 

Dated: October 5, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–8628 Filed 10–11–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Advisory Board 

meeting convened at 8 a.m., Friday, 

September 22, 2006, but did not have a 

quorum. The meeting was allowed and 

conducted in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) exception that no deliberation 

or voting can take place absent a 

quorum. These conditions were adhered 

to. Additionally, hard copies of all 

briefings from the meeting will be 

forwarded to the absent members and a 

confirmation printout of the transmitted 

briefings will be kept on file as a matter 

of record. 

Location: Pentagon, Room 2E219. 

Attendees 

Members 

David A. Janes, Chairman, DAB; 

Chairman and CEO, Janes Capital 

Partners. 

Donald V. Esmond, Senior VP 

Automotive Operations, Toyota Motor 

Sales. 

Walter P. Havenstein, Executive Vice 

President, BAE Systems North 

America. 

W. Thomas Musser, Chairman of the 

Board, Tri-M Group, LLC and Tri-M 

Holdings, LLC. 

Kathleen M. Naylor, Director, 

Worldwide Executive and Leadership 

Development, UNISYS Corp. 

Joyce Reed, Community Relations 

Manager, Tyson Foods, Inc. 

Absent 

William T. Powell, President, Institute 

for Defense and Business. 

John T. Gremp, VP–Energy Production 

Systems, Energy Systems Group, FMC 

Technologies, Inc. 

Bradley T. MacDonald, Chairman and 

CEO, Medifast, Inc. 

Jeffery C. Crowe, Chairman and CEO, 

Landstar System, Inc. 

Michael J. Earley, President and CEO, 

Bankers Trust Company. 

Christopher K. Komisarjevsky, President 

and CEO, Emeritus, Burson-Marsteller 

Worldwide. 

Kenneth L. Gile, President, Skybus 

Airlines. 

Department of Defense 

The Honorable Thomas F. Hall, 

Assistant Secretary of Defense, 

Reserve Affairs. 

Craig W. Duehring, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of Defense, 

Reserve Affairs. 

Bob Hollingsworth, Executive Secretary, 

DAB. 

Mr. Tom Bush, Principal Deputy 

Manpower & Personnel, Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs. 

Phil Pope, Designated Federal Officer, 

DAB. 

Roxie Merritt, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense, PA, Internal 

Com/Public Liaison. 

Ted Kehr, Director, Employer Support 

Division, National Guard Bureau. 

Public 

Mr. Nick Dawson, Department of Labor, 

Veterans Employment and Training 

Services. 

Mr. Marcus Bradshaw, Department of 

Labor, Veterans Employment and 

Training Services. 

Speakers 

The Honorable Thomas F. Hall, 

Assistant Secretary of Defense, 

Reserve Affairs. Topic: Welcome and 

Opening Remarks. 

Kathleen Naylor, Director, Worldwide 

Executive and Leadership 

Development, UNISYS Corp. and 

Roxie Merritt, Office of the Secretary 

of Defense, PA for Internal Com/ 

Public Liaison. Topic: 

Communications/Outreach Update. 

Nick Dawson and Marcus Bradshaw, 

Veteran’s Administration Department 

of Labor. Topic: Uniformed Services 

Employment and Reemployment 

Rights Act (USERRA). 

Bob Hollingsworth, National Committee 

for Employer Support of the Guard 

(NCESGR) and Reserve Executive 

Director and DAB Executive 

Secretary. Topic: ESGR Outreach 

Status Brief. 

Tom Bush, Principal Deputy Manpower 

and Personnel, Office of the Secretary 

of Defense, Reserve Affairs. Topic: 

‘‘Transitioning To An Operational 

Reserve’’. 

DAB Meeting Summary 

Meeting discussions focused on four 

primary areas: 

(1) Leveraging and implementation of 

long-range strategic communications 

plan that uses public affairs tactics 

designed to assist branding NCESGR, 

while targeting key messages to 

employers. 

(2) An information brief of USERRA 

rights and responsibilities as they affect 

Reserve Component members/ 

employers. 

(3) Employer data and impact on 

employers as Guard and Reserve 

transition from a Strategic Reserve to an 

Operational Reserve. 

(4) OSD–RA Manpower and Personnel 

prospective of transition to an 

Operational Reserve. 

Invited speakers discussed more 

aggressive public affairs efforts to 

enhance communications with 

employers; the ongoing process to 

educate and inform employers and 

Defense Advisory Board (DAB) members 

regarding legal rights and 

responsibilities under the Uniformed 

Services Employment and 

Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); 

the purpose and function of NCESGR 

and transitioning from a Strategic 

Reserve to an Operational Reserve. 

Opening Remarks 

Secretary Thomas F. Hall, Assistant 

Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs 

Secretary Hall thanked Mr. 

Hollingsworth and his team for a great 

Leadership Conference, and the 

culmination of a superb Freedom Award 

Dinner, which also resulted in late night 

news coverage emphasizing the 

significant support provided to the 

nation’s Guard and Reserve by 

America’s exceptional employers. 

General Cody did a great job with his 


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