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Agency: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

Title: AmeriCorps Leaders Program

Leader Application and Reference Form.

OMB Number: None.

Agency Number: None.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Citizens of diverse

ages and backgrounds who are

committed to national service.

Number of Respondents: 500.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: Two

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,000 hours.

total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $5,100.

Total Annual Cost (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $5,500.

Description: The AmeriCorps Leader

Application form is to be used by

applicants who wish to serve as Leaders

in the AmeriCorps Leaders Program.

The Corporation seeks approval for the

AmeriCorps Leaders Program

Application which will be used to

recruit the next class of Leaders

beginning in January 1999.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Thomas L. Bryant,

Acting General Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary of Defense Health Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

In accordance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Assistant Secretary of Defense for

Health Affairs announces the 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 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 September 29,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the information

collection should be sent to TRICARE

Management Activity, Medical Benefits

and Reimbursement Systems, 16401

East Centretech Parkway, ATTN: David

Bennett, Aurora, CO 80011–9043.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection, please

write to the above address or call

TRICARE Management Activity,

Medical Benefits and Reimbursement

Systems, at (303) 676–3494.

Title; Associated Form; and OMB

Number: Application for CHAMPUSProvider Status: CORPORATE

SERVICES PROVIDER.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection will allow eligible providers

to apply for Corporate Services Provider

status under the TRICARE program.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Burden Hours: 333.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Responses for Respondent: 1.

Average Burden per Response: 20

minutes.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

TRICARE Management Activity

(TMA), formerly known as

OCHAMPUS, is in the process of

submitting a final rule for publication in

the Federal Register, creating a fourth

class of CHAMPUS providers consisting

of freestanding corporations and

foundations that render principally

professional ambulatory or in-home care

and technical diagnostic procedures.

The intent of the rule is not to create

additional benefits that ordinarily

would not be covered under CHAMPUS

if provided by a more traditional health

care delivery system, but rather to allow

those services which would otherwise

be allowed except for an individual

provider’s affiliation with a freestanding

corporate facility. The addition of the

corporate class will recognize the

current range of providers within

today’s health care delivery structure,

and give beneficiaries access to another

segment of the health care delivery

industry.

Corporate services providers must be

approved for Medicare payment, or

when Medicare approval status is not

required, be accredited by a qualified

accreditation organization to gain

provider authorization status under

CHAMPUS. Corporate services

providers must also enter into a

participation agreement which will be

sent out as part of the initial

authorization process. The participation

agreement will ensure that CHAMPUS

determined allowable payments,

combined with the cost-share/

copayment, deductible, and other health

insurance amounts, will be accepted by

the provider as payment in full.

The Application for CHAMPUSProvider Status: Corporate Services

Provider, will collect the necessary

information to ensure that the

conditions are met for authorization as

a CHAMPUS corporate services

provider: i.e., the provider: (1) Is a

corporation or a foundation, but not a

professional corporation or professional

association; (2) provides services and

related supplies of a type rendered by

CHAMPUS individual professional

providers or diagnostic technical

services; (3) is approved for Medicare

payment or when Medicare approval

status is not required, is accredited by

a qualified accreditation organization;

and (4) has entered into a participation

agreement approved by the Director,

OCHAMPUS or a designee.

The collected information will be

used by CHAMPUS contractors to

process claims and verify authorized

provider status. Verification involves

collecting and reviewing copies of the

provider’s licenses, certificates,

accreditation documents, etc. If the

criteria are met, the provider is granted

CHAMPUS-authorization status. The

documentation and information are

collected when: (1) A provider requests

permission to become a CHAMPUSauthorized provider; (2) a claim is filed

for care received from a provider who is

not listed on the contractors’ computer

listing of authorized providers; or (3)

when a former CHAMPUS-authorized

provider requests reinstatement. The

contractors develop the forms used to

gather information based on CHAMPUS’

conditions for participation listed

above. Without the collection of this

information, contractors cannot

determine if the provider meets

CHAMPUS’ authorization requirements

for corporate services providers. If the

contractor is unable to verify that a

provider meets these authorization

requirements, the contractor may not

reimburse either the provider or the

beneficiary for the provider’s health care

services.

To reduce the reporting burden to a

minimum, CHAMPUS has carefully

selected the information requested from

respondents. Only that information

which has been deemed absolutely

essential is being requested. If

necessary, contractors may verify
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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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