20972 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 82 / Friday, April 28, 1995 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review

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 (44 USC

Chapter 35).

Title, Applicable Form; and OMB

Control Number: Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement,

Part 225, Foreign Acquisition; Related

Clauses at 252.225; DD Form 2139;

OMB Control Number 0704–0229.

(Supersedes OMB Control Numbers

0704–0339, 0704–0350, 0704–0355,

and 0704–0361.)

Type of Request: Revision.

Number of Respondents: 55,182.

Responses per Respondent: 22.24.

Annual Responses: 1,227,227.

Annual Burden per Response: .11 hours.

Annual Burden Hours: 441,683 (140,783

response hours + 300,900

recordkeeping hours).

Needs and Uses: DFARS Part 225

concerns information collection

requirements used to ensure

contractor compliance with

restrictions on the acquisition of

foreign products imposed by statute

or policy to protect the defense

industrial base. Other information is

required for compliance with our

trade agreements and Memoranda of

Understanding, which promote

reciprocal trade with our allies.

Affected Public: Businesses or other forprofit; non-profit institutions; and

small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent

to Mr. Weiss at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William P.

Pearce. Written requests for copies of

the information collection proposal

should be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/

DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Suite 1204, Arlington, Virginia

22202–4302.

Dated: April 24, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–10420 Filed 4–27–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

Review

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 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Applicable Forms, and OMB

Control Number: AMC Contractor

Feedback Survey.

Type of Request: New collection.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 200.

Average Burden per Response: 30

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 100.

Needs and Uses: In response to

acquisition Reform and the demands

of the defense industry, AMC has

implemented many changes designed

to streamline and improve the

acquisition process. The survey will

provide an industry assessment as to

the effectiveness of these changes.

Affected public: Businesses or other forprofit, small businesses or

organizations.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent

to Mr. Weiss at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William P.

Pearce. Written requests for copies of

the information collection proposal

should be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/

DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

suite 1204, Arlington,Virginia 22202–

4302.

Dated: April 24, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–10421 Filed 4–27–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–Ms

Office of the Secretary

Civilian Health and Medical Program of

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS);

Establishment of National Differentials

for Children’s Hospitals

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Civilian

Health and Medical Program of the

Uniformed Services (OCHAMPUS) is

announcing the national differential

rates for children’s hospitals which go

into effect April 1, 1995. This notice is

issued as required in 32 CFR 199.14 in

which OCHAMPUS announced that a

notice would be published setting forth

the national differential and eliminating

the hospital-specific differentials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marty Maxey, Program Development

Branch, OCHAMPUS, telephone (303)

361–1227.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DoD

6010.8–R (Civilian Health and Medical

Program of the Uniformed Services

(CHAMPUS)) was published in the

Federal Register on July 1, 1986 (51 FR

24008). On October 1, 1987,

OCHAMPUS implemented a DRG-based

payment system, modeled on the

Medicare Prospective Payment System.

Children’s Hospitals were exempted

from the initial implementation until a

children’s hospital differential rate

could be developed. This would ensure

that payments to children’s hospitals

remained budget neutral compared to

fiscal year 1988 charges. Since we

included children’s hospitals under the

CHAMPUS diagnosis related group

(DRG) payment system in 1989, we have

implemented the special measures

directed by Congress. When children’s

hospitals were included by Congress.

When children’s hospitals were

included under the DRG-based payment

systems, we implemented the pediatricmodified DRGs (PM–DRGs) for neonatal

services. The PM–DRGs, which were

developed by the National Association

of Children’s Hospitals and Related

Institutions (NACHRI), replaced the six

Medicare neonatal DRGs with thirtyfour DRGs which account for

birthweight, surgery and the presence of

multiple, major and other neonatal

problems.

When we implemented the PM–DRGs,

we promised an early review of the

weights to ensure that they were

adequate. The original weights had been

derived from a database provided by

NACHRI which was believed to be

representative of CHAMPUS. However,

the case mix and the charges apparently

were very different and in December