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credentials with Medicare, JCAHO and

other national organizations by

telephone. CHAMPUS is also

participating with Medicare in the

development of a National Provider

System which will eliminate

duplication of provider certification

data collection among federal

government agencies.

CHAMPUS contractors are required to

maintain a computer listing of all

providers that have submitted the

appropriate authorization information

and documentation. To avoid duplicate

inquiries, the contractors must search

the computer provider listing before

requesting documentation from

providers. Since the providers affected

by this information collection generally

have not previously been eligible to be

authorized providers, CHAMPUS

contractors will have no information on

file. The providers will have to submit

the information requested on the data

collection form (Application for

CHAMPUS-Provider Status: Corporate

Services Provider) in order to obtain

provider authorization status under

CHAMPUS.

The information will usually be

collected from each respondent only

once. It is estimated that there will be

approximately 3,000 applicants over an

initial 3 year collection period or 1,000

respondents per year. After the initial

three years of collection, it is estimated

that annual number of respondents will

decline to less than 100. CHAMPUS will

request the provider authorization

documentation and information when

the provider asks to become CHAMPUSauthorized or when a claim is filed for

a new provider’s services. If after a

provider has been authorized by a

contractor, no claims are filed during a

two-year period of time, the provider’s

information will be placed in the

inactive file. To reactivate a file, the

provider must verify that the

information is still correct, or supply

new or changed information. The total

first year reporting burden is estimated

to be 3331⁄3 hours.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 98–51]

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Assistance Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the

requirements of section 155 of Pub. L.

104–164 dated 21 July 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. J. Hurd, DSAA/COMPT/RM, (703)

604–6575.

The following is a copy of a letter to

the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, Transmittal 98–51,

with attached transmittal, policy

justification and sensitivity of

technology.

Dated: July 27, 1998.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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