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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)]
[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 2007 Diagnosis Related Group (DRF) 
Updates

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of DRG revised rates.

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SUMMARY: On October 12, 2006 the Department of Defense published a 
notice on Fiscal Year 2007 Diagnosis

[[Page 61730]]

Related Group (DRF) Updates. This notice corrects an error for TRICARE 
DRG base payment rate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann N. Fazzini, Medical Benefits and 
Reimbursement Systems (TMA), telephone 303-676-3803.

Correction

    In Federal Register at 71 FR 60112, the heading of the notice, DRF 
is corrected to read DRG.
    At 71 FR 60113, paragraph E, $22.639 is corrected to read $22,649. 
All other information remains unchanged.

    Dated: October 13, 2006.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, DoD.
[FR Doc. 06-8767 Filed 10-18-06; 8:45 am]
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