Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 189 / Monday, October 1, 2007 / Notices 55751 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 26, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–19319 Filed 9–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

TRICARE, Formerly Known as the 

Civilian Health and Medical Program of 

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Mental Health 

Rate Updates 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of updated mental health 

per diem rates. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides for the 

updating of institution-specific per diem 

rates for high-volume providers and 

regional per diem rates for low volume 

providers; the updated cap per diem for 

high-volume providers; the beneficiary 

per diem cost share amount for lowvolume providers for FY 2008 under the 

TRICARE Mental Health Per Diem 

Payment System; and the updated per 

diem rates for both full-day and half-day 

TRICARE Partial Hospitalization 

Programs for FY 2008. 

DATES: Effective Date: The FY 2008 rates 

contained in this notice are effective for 

services occurring on or after October 1. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Covie, Office of Medical 

Benefits and Reimbursement Systems, 

TRICARE Management Activity, 

telephone (303) 676–3841. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

rule published in the Federal Register 

on September 6, 1988, (53 FR 34285) set 

forth reimbursement changes that were 

effective for all inpatient hospital 

admissions in psychiatric hospitals and 

exempt psychiatric units occurring on 

or after January 1, 1989. The final rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 1, 1993, (58 FR 35–400) set forth 

maximum per diem rates for all partial 

hospitalization admissions on or after 

September 29, 1993. Included in these 

final rules were provisions for updating 

reimbursement rates for each federal FY. 

As stated in the final rules, each per 

diem shall be updated by the Medicare 

update factor for hospitals and units 

exempt from the Medicare Prospective 

Payment System. For fiscal year 2008, 

Medicare has recommended a rate of 

increase of 3.4 percent for hospitals and 

units excluded from the prospective 

payment system. TRICARE will adopt 

this update factor for FY 2008 as the 

final update factor. Hospitals and units 

with hospital specific rates (hospitals 

and units with high TRICARE volume) 

and regional specific rates for 

psychiatric hospitals and units with low 

TRICARE volume will have their 

TRICARE rates for FY 2007 updated by 

3.4 percent for FY 2008. Partial 

hospitalization rates for full-day and 

half-day programs will also be updated 

by 3.4 percent for FY 2008. The cap 

amount for high-volume hospitals and 

units will also be updated by the 3.4 

percent for FY 2008. The beneficiary 

cost share for low volume hospitals and 

units will also be updated by the 3.4 

percent for FY 2008. 

Consistent with Medicare, the wage 

portion of the regional rate subject to the 

area wage adjustment is 75.788 percent 

for FY 2008. The following reflect an 

update of 3.4 percent for FY 2008. 

Regional Specific Rates for Psychiatric 

Hospitals and Units With Low 

TRICARE Volume 

UNITED STATES CENSUS REGION

Rate @ 

Northeast: 

New England ......................... $707 

Mid-Atlantic ............................ 681 

Midwest: 

East North Central ................. 588 

West North Central ................ 555 

South: 

South Atlantic ........................ 701 

East South Central ................ 750 

West South Central ............... 639 

West: 

Mountain ................................ 638 

Pacific .................................... 754 

Puerto Rico ............................ 481 

@ Wage portion of the rate, subject to the 

area wage adjustment—75.788. 

Beneficiary cost share: Beneficiary 

cost-share (other than dependents of 

Active Duty members) for care paid on 

the basis of a regional per diem rate is 

the lower of $187 per day or 25 percent 

of the hospital billed charges effective 

for services rendered on or after October 

1, 2007. 

Cap Amount: Updated cap amount for 

hospitals and units with high TRICARE 

volume is $889 per day for FY 2008. 

The following reflect an update of 3.4 

percent for FY 2008. 

PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR FULL-DAY AND HALF-DAY PROGRAMS

[Fiscal year 2007] 

United States Census Region Full-day rate 

(6 hours or more) 

Half-day rate 

(3–5 hours) 

Northeast: 

New England (Maine, N.H., Vt., Mass., R.I., Conn.) ........................................................................... $284 $214 

Mid-Atlantic: 

(N.Y., N.J., Penn.) ................................................................................................................................ 308 232 

Midwest: 

East North Central (Ohio, Ind., Ill., Mich., Wis.) ................................................................................... 271 203 

West North Central: 

(Minn., Iowa, Mo., N.D., S.D., Neb., Kan.) ........................................................................................... 271 203 

South: 

South Atlantic (Del., Md., D.C., Va., W.Va., N.C., S.C., Ga., Fla.) ..................................................... 292 219

East South Central: 

(Ky., Tenn., Aa., Miss.) ......................................................................................................................... 315 237 

West South Central: 

(Ark., La., Texas, Okla.) ....................................................................................................................... 315 237 

West: 

Mountain (Mon., Idaho, Wyo., Col., N.M., Ariz., Utah, Nev.) ............................................................... 318 240 

Pacific (Wash., Ore., Calif., Alaska, Hawaii) ........................................................................................ 312 234 

Puerto Rico .................................................................................................................................................. 203 153 

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55752 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 189 / Monday, October 1, 2007 / Notices 

The above rates are effective for 

services rendered on or after October 1, 

2007. 

Dated: September 25, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–4829 Filed 9–28–7; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

[DoD–2007–OS–0109] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to amend two systems of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

Defense is amending two systems of 

records notices in its existing inventory 

of record systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective without further notice on 

October 31, 2007 unless comments are 

received which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the OSD 

Privacy Act Coordinator, Records 

Management Section, Washington 

Headquarters Services, 1155 Defense 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Finnegan at (703) 696–3081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary of Defense systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the address above. 

The specific changes to the record 

systems being amended are set forth 

below followed by the notice, as 

amended, published in its entirety. The 

proposed amendments are not within 

the purview of subsection (r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, which requires the 

submission of a new or altered system 

report. 

Dated: September 25, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternative OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

S322.10 DMDC 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Defense Manpower Data Center Data 

Base (January 8, 2007, 72 FR 737). 

CHANGES: 

SYSTEM IDENTIFIER: 

Delete entry and replace with ‘‘DMDC 

01’’. 

* * * * * 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Add to entry ‘‘Guard and Reserve 

civilian employment information.’’

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Delete entry and replace with ‘‘The 

DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’ set forth at 

the beginning of the OSD compilation of 

systems of records notices apply to this 

system.’’

* * * * * 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system should 

address written inquiries to the Privacy 

Act Officer, Office of Freedom of 

Information, Washington Headquarters 

Services, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1155. 

Written requests should contain the 

individual’s full name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), date of birth, and 

current address and telephone number 

of the individual.’’

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Delete entry and replace with 

‘‘Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to the Privacy Act Officer, 

Office of Freedom of Information, 

Washington Headquarters Services, 

1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–1155. 

Written requests should contain the 

individual’s full name, Social Security 

Number (SSN), date of birth, and 

current address and telephone number 

of the individual.’’

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Delete entry and replace with ‘‘The 

OSD rules for accessing records, for 

contesting contents and appealing 

initial agency determinations are 

published in OSD Administrative 

Instruction 81; 32 CFR part 311; or may 

be obtained from the Privacy Act 

Officer, Office of Freedom of 

Information, Washington Headquarters 

Services, 1155 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1155. 

* * * * * 

DMDC 01 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Defense Manpower Data Center Data 

Base 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Naval Postgraduate School Computer 

Center, Naval Postgraduate School, 

Monterey, CA 93943–5000. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

All Army, Navy, Air Force, and 

Marine Corps officer and enlisted 

personnel who served on active duty 

from July 1, 1968, and after or who have 

been a member of a reserve component 

since July 1975; retired Army, Navy, Air 

Force, and Marine Corps officer and 

enlisted personnel; active and retired 

Coast Guard personnel; active and 

retired members of the commissioned 

corps of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration; active and 

retired members of the commissioned 

corps of the Public Health Service; 

participants in Project 100,000 and 

Project Transition, and the evaluation 

control groups for these programs. All 

individuals examined to determine 

eligibility for military service at an 

Armed Forces Entrance and Examining 

Station from July 1, 1970, and later. 

Current and former DOD civilian 

employees since January 1, 1972. All 

veterans who have used the GI Bill 

education and training employment 

services office since January 1, 1971. All 

veterans who have used GI Bill 

education and training entitlements, 

who visited a state employment service 

office since January 1, 1971, or who 

participated in a Department of Labor 

special program since July 1, 1971. All 

individuals who ever participated in an 

educational program sponsored by the 

U.S. Armed Forces Institute and all 

individuals who ever participated in the 

Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude 

Testing Programs at the high school 

level since September 1969. 

Participants in the Department of 

Health and Human Services National 

Longitudinal Survey. 

Survivors of retired military 

personnel who are eligible for or 

currently receiving disability payments 

or disability income compensation from 

the Department of Veteran Affairs; 

surviving spouses of active or retired 

deceased military personnel; 100% 

disabled veterans and their survivors; 

survivors of retired Coast Guard 

personnel; and survivors of retired 

officers of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration and the 

Public Health Service who are eligible 

for or are currently receiving Federal 

payments due to the death of the retiree. 

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