[Federal Register: June 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 124)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

 
TRICARE; Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed 
Services (CHAMPUS); Fiscal Year 2003 Revised Diagnosis Related Group 
(DRG) Adjusted Standardized Amounts (ASAs) for Other Areas

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of revised DRG ASA rates for other areas.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs readers of a change made to the TRICARE 
DRG-based payment system in order to conform to a change made to the 
Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS). The FY 2003 Omnibus 
Appropriations Act equalized the large urban and other urban ASAs under 
Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS). The TRICARE DRG-based 
payment system is modeled on the Medicare PPS, therefore it is 
necessary to revise the TRICARE ASA rates for other areas to conform to 
the Medicare PPS change. The updated ASA rates for other areas are 
accessible through the Internet at http://www.tricare.osd.mil under the 
sequential headings TRICARE Provider Information, Rates and 
Reimbursements, and DRG Information.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The revised ASA rates for other areas under the 
TRICARE DRG-based payment system are effective for admissions occurring 
on or after April 1, 2003.

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), Medical Benefits and 
Reimbursement Systems, 16401 East Centretech Parkway, Aurora, CO 80011-
9066.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Maxey, Medical Benefits and 
Reimbursement Systems, TMA, telephone (303) 676-3627.

    Dated: May 22, 2003.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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