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###### Department of Defense

###### Office of the Secretary

          - [Docket ID DoD-2022-HA-0011]

# AGENCY:

Defense Health Agency (DHA), Department of Defense (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 April 27, 2022.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to                         *www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain*. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574,                         *whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil*.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number:*                     Diagnosis Related Groups Reimbursement Two Parts; OMB Control Number 0720-0017.                

*Type of Request:*                     Extension.                

*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:*                     The Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984, Public Law 98-94 amended Title 10, section 1079(j)(2)(A) of the U.S.C. 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 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. Julie Wise.                

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:*                     Ms. Angela Duncan.                

                    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Ms. Duncan at                     *whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-information-collections@mail.mil*.                

Dated: March 22, 2022.

Aaron T. Siegel,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 2022-06478 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]

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