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(vi) The Director may limit the term

of a participation agreement for any

category or type of provider established

by paragraph (e) of this section.

(vii) Corporate services providers

shall be assigned to only one of the

following allowable categories based

upon the predominate type of procedure

rendered by the organization:

(A) Medical treatment procedures;

(B) Surgical treatment procedures;

(C) Maternity management

procedures;

(D) Rehabilitation and/or habilitation

procedures; or

(E) Diagnostic technical procedures.

(viii) The Director shall determine the

appropriate procedural category of a

qualified organization and may change

the category based upon the provider’s

CHAMPUS claim characteristics. The

category determination of the Director is

conclusive and may not be appealed.

(2) Conditions of authorization. An

applicant must meet the following

conditions to be eligible for

authorization as a CHAMPUS corporate

services provider:

(i) Be a corporation or a foundation,

but not a professional corporation or

professional association, and

(ii) be institution-affiliated or

freestanding as defined in § 199.2 and

(iii) Provide:

(A) Services and related supplies of a

type rendered by CHAMPUS individual

professional providers or diagnostic

technical services and related supplies

of a type which requires direct patient

contact and a technologist who is

licensed by the state in which the

procedure is rendered for who is

certified by a Qualified Accreditation

Organization as defined in § 199.2 and

(B) A level of care which does not

necessitate that the beneficiary be

provided with on-site sleeping

accommodations and food in

conjunction with the delivery of

services and

(iv) Complies with all applicable

organizational and individual licensing

or certification requirements that are

extant in the state, county, municipality,

or other political jurisdiction in which

the provider renders services and

(v) Be approved for Medicare payment

when determined to be substantially

comparable under the provisions of

paragraph (e)(1)(iv)(D) of this section or,

when Medicare approved status is not

required, be accredited by a qualified

accreditation organization, as defined in

§ 199.2 and

(vi) Has entered into a participation

agreement approved by the Director

which at least complies with the

minimum participation agreement

requirements of this section.

(3) Transfer of participation

agreement. In order to provide

continuity of care for beneficiaries when

there is a change of provider ownership,

the provider agreement is automatically

assigned to the new owner, subject to all

the terms and conditions under which

the original agreement was made.

(i) The merger of the provider

corporation or foundation into another

corporation or foundation, or the

consolidation of two or more

corporations or foundations, resulting in

the creation of a new corporation or

foundation constitutes a change of

ownership.

(ii) Transfer of corporate stock or the

merger of another corporation or

foundation into the provider

corporation or foundation does not

constitute change of ownership.

(iii) The surviving corporation or

foundation shall notify the Director in

writing of the change of ownership

promptly after the effective date of the

transfer or change in ownership.

(4) Pricing and payment methodology.

The pricing and payment of procedures

rendered by a provider authorized

under paragraph (e) of this section shall

be limited to those methods for pricing

and payment allowed by this part which

the Director determines contribute to

the efficient management of the

CHAMPUS.

(5) Termination of participation

agreement. A provider may terminate a

participation agreement upon 45 days

written notice to the Director and to the

public.

Dated: March 1, 1995.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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[WA–18–1–5933b; FRL–5152–1]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plans: Washington

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve

the State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revision submitted by the State of

Washington for the purpose of

establishing a Small Business Stationary

Source Technical and Environmental

Compliance Assistance Program. The

SIP revision was submitted by the State

to satisfy the Federal mandate of the

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), to ensure

that small businesses have access to the

technical assistance and regulatory

information necessary to comply with

the CAA. In the final rules section of

this Federal Register, the EPA is

approving the State’s SIP revision as a

direct final rule without prior proposal

because the Agency views this as a

noncontroversial revision amendment

and anticipates no adverse comments. A

detailed rationale for the approval is set

forth in the direct final rule. If no

adverse comments are received in

response to this proposed rule, no

further activity is contemplated in

relation to this rule. If the EPA receives

adverse comments, the direct final rule

will be withdrawn and all public

comments received will be addressed in

a subsequent final rule based on this

proposed rule. The EPA will not

institute a second comment period on

this document.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule

must be received in writing by April 7,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to Montel Livingston,

Environmental Protection Specialist

(AT–082), Air Programs Section, at the

EPA Regional Office listed. Copies of

the documents relevant to this proposed

rule are available for public inspection

during normal business hours at the

following locations. The interested

persons wanting to examine these

documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 10, Air Programs

Section, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA

98101.

Washington State Department of

Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA

98504.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Dellarco, Air and Radiation

Branch (AT–082), EPA, 1200 Sixth

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553–

4978.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the

information provided in the direct final

rule which is located in the rules

section of this Federal Register.

Dated: February 1, 1995.

Chuck Clarke,

Regional Administrator.

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