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Dated: May 1, 2015. 

Lisa Mensah, 

Under Secretary for Rural Development. 

Lawrence E. Strickling, 

Assistant Secretary for Communications and 

Information. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10580 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2015–HA–0039] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Health Affairs announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by July 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Deputy Chief Management 

Officer, Directorate of Oversight and 

Compliance, Regulatory and Audit 

Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–9010. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

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. Any associated form(s) for 

this collection may be located within 

this same electronic docket and 

downloaded for review/testing. Follow 

the instructions at http://

www.regulations.gov for submitting 

comments. Please submit comments on 

any given form identified by docket 

number, form number, and title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Defense Health 

Agency, Medical Benefits and 

Reimbursement Office, 16401 E. 

Centretech Pkwy, Attn: Sharon 

Seelmeyer, Aurora, CO 80011–9066, or 

call Defense Health Agency, Medical 

Benefits and Reimbursement Office at 

(303) 676–3690. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; 

Associated Form; and OMB Number: 

Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) 

Reimbursement; OMB Control Number: 

0720–0017. 

Needs and Uses: The TRICARE/

CHAMPUS contractors will use the 

information collected to reimburse 

hospitals for TRICARE/CHAMPUS share 

of capital and direct medical education 

costs. 

Affected Public: Individuals; business 

or other for-profit. 

Annual Burden Hours: 8,400. 

Number of Respondents: 5,600. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 90 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

The Department of Defense 

Authorization Act, 1984, Public Law 

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 Uniform Services 

(CHAMPUS) with the statutory 

authority to reimburse institutional 

providers based on diagnosis-related 

groups (DRGs). The CHAMPUS DRGbased 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. The information 

can be submitted in any form, most 

likely in the form of a letter. The 

contractor will calculate the TRICARE/ 

CHAMPUS share of capital and direct 

medical educations costs and make a 

lump-sum payment to the hospital. The 

TRICARE/CHAMPUS DRG-based 

payment system is modeled on the 

Medicare Prospective Payment System 

(PPS) and was implemented on October 

1, 1987. Initially, under 42 CFR 412.46 

of the Medicare regulations, physicians 

was required to sign attestation and 

acknowledgment statements. These 

requirements were implemented to 

ensure a means of holding hospitals and 

physicians accountable for the 

information they submit on the 

Medicare claim forms. Being modeled 

on the Medicare PPS, CHAMPUS also 

adopted these requirements. The 

physicians attestation and physician 

acknowledgment required by Medicare 

under 42 CFR 412.46 are also required 

for TRICARE/CHAMPUS as a condition 

for payment and may be satisfied by the 

same statements as required for 

Medicare, with substitution or addition 

of ‘‘TRICARE/CHAMPUS’’ when the 

word ‘‘Medicare’’ is used. Physicians 

sign a physician acknowledgement, 

maintained by the institution, at the 

time the physician is granted admitting 

privileges. This acknowledgement 

indicates the physician understands the 

importance of a correct medical record, 

and misrepresentation may be subject to 

penalties. 

Dated: April 30, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10510 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2015–HA–0040] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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