[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 166 (Monday, August 26, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 43739-43740] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-21681] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); Specialized Treatment Service (STS) Program AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOD. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested parties that the New Mexico Regional Federal Medical Center (NMFRMC) has been designated as a National Specialized Treatment Services (STS) Facility for Advanced Neuoroimaging. This designation covers neuroimaging to support care for the following Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs): 2--Craniotomy for trauma, age greater than 17 3--Craniotomy, age 0-17 10--Nervous system neoplasms with complications or comorbid conditions 11--Nervous system neoplasms without complications or comorbid conditions 12--Degenerative nervous system disorders 13--Specific cerebrovascular disorders except transient ischemic attack 16--Nonspecific cerebrovascular disorders with complications or comorbid conditions 17--Nonspecific cerebrovascular disorders without complications or comorbid conditions 24--Seizure and headache, age greater than 17 with complications or comorbid conditions 25--Seizure and headache, age greater than 17 with complications or comorbid conditions 26--Seizure and headache, age 0 to 17 34--Other disorders of the nervous system with complications or comorbid conditions 35--Other disorders of the nervous system without complications or comorbid conditions The advanced neuroimaging modalities include 122 channel whole head magnetic source imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalography, with three dimensional integration of data. Advance neuroimaging evaluation will [[Page 43740]] be offered to those DOD beneficiaries with abnormalities that cannot be adequately defined by imaging methods available elsewhere, when the advance imaging would be reasonably expected to provide information that will guide surgical or medical therapy. Requests for advanced neuroimaging by a referring physician will be considered and approved, if indicated, by a staff neuroradiologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC). There is no requirement for Nonavailability Statement issuance by the facility to beneficiaries who undergo neuroimaging elsewhere. Travel and lodging for the patient and, if stated to be medically necessary by a referring physician, for one nonmedical attendant, will be reimbursed in accordance with the provisions of the Joint Federal Regulation. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Brazaitis, WRAMC, at (202) 782-0508, Major Mark Depper, WRAMC, at (202) 782-9362, or Colonel Michael Dunn, OSD (Health Affairs), at (703) 695-6800. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR DOC 93-27050, appearing in the Federal Register on November 5, 1993 (Vol. 58, FR 58995-58964), the final rule on the STS Program was published. 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. Dated: August 20, 1996. L.M. Bynum, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 96-21681 Filed 8-23-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5000-04-M