[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6953-6954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3787]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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 the national Specialized 
Treatment Service facility for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. 
All DoD beneficiaries who reside in the 48 contiguous United States and 
require allogeneic bone marrow transplantation,

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Diagnosis Related Group 481, ICD 9 Code 41.03, must be evaluated by 
WHMC before receiving an allogeneic bone marrow transplant under direct 
military care of CHAMPUS cost sharing, except for those beneficiaries 
participating in DoD's demonstration project involving Phase II or 
Phase III clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, 
as described in Federal Register Notice 61 FR 1899, January 24, 1996. 
Evaluation in person is preferred. Travel and lodging costs for the 
patient and, if medically indicated, one nonmedical attendant, will be 
reimbursed for the evaluation. It is possible to conduct the evaluation 
telephonically if the patient is unable to travel to WHMC. If the 
allogeneic bone marrow transplant cannot be performed at WHMC, WHMC 
will provide a medical necessity review in order to support its 
issuance of a Nonavailability Statement.

effective date: March 15, 1997.

for further information contact: Major Lewis, Bone Marrow 
Transplantation Service, WHMC, at (210) 670-7391, or Captain Orcutt, 
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, 58955-58964), the final rule on 
the STS Program was published. Included in the final rule was a 
provision that notices of all military and civilian STS facilities be 
published in the Federal Register annually. This notice is issued under 
the authority of 10 U.S.C. 1105 and 32 CFR 199.4(a)(10).

    Dated: February 11, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-3787 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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