94-31753. Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Specialized Treatment Services (STS) Program

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

 

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services 
(CHAMPUS); Specialized Treatment Services (STS) Program

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested parties that Wilford Hall 
Medical Center (WHMC) has been designated as the first national STS 
facility for liver transplants. The STS Program establishes new 
requirements for CHAMPUS beneficiaries to obtain some highly 
specialized health care services from selected military and civilian 
treatment facilities. These designations will be based on the highly 
specialized capabilities of those selected facilities. The purpose of 
such designations is to concentrate patient referrals for certain 
highly specialized procedures which are of relatively low incidence 
and/or relatively high per-case cost and which require patient 
concentration to permit resource investment and enhance the 
effectiveness of quality assurance efforts.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha M. Maxey, Health Care Policy 
Analyst, program Development Branch, Office of the Civil Health and 
Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, (OCHAMPUS), Aurora, 
Colorado, 80045-6900, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5, 1993, (58 FR 58964), the 
Department of Defense published a final rule on the STS Program. 
Included in the final rule was a provision that a notice of all 
military and civilian STS Facilities be published in the Federal 
Register annually, including a listing of the several procedures 
subject to nationwide catchment area Nonavailability Statements and the 
highly specialized procedures subject to 200-mile catchment area 
Nonavailability Statements. Based on this provision, notice is given 
that WHMC is designated as the national STS facility for liver 
transplants.

    Dated: December 21, 1994.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternative Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 94-31753 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]
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