European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 8, 1994 the stars  stripes Page 3. ,., f Dod revises civilian health care. Patients must pay actual treatment costs not Flat rates  --.,. By Wayne v. Hall staff writer defense department  contract civilians who use military medical facilities must now pay for actual costs of services instead of paying a Flat fee per visit. This Means that patients May end up paying More or less than the previous Flat fees depending on the treat ment received the european health services support area announced monday the new payment policy which went into effect worldwide oct. 26, wipes out the previous fee of $95 ser initial visit for defense department civilians and101 for contract employees according to a news re lease from the medical command in Lan Stuhl Ger Many y the health care rates in military facilities change every year for pay patients based on operating costs said Barbara Slifer a spokeswoman for the european health services support area. This year however the defense department is aligning the fees in much the same manner As hospitals stateside. Through this modification patients Are now charged for services based on the Type of specially clinic from internal Medicine to physical therapy that pro Vides treatment said maj. Charles Oliver chief of patient administration for the support area. For example a Dod civilian receiving primary care seeing a general practitioner in an outpatient clinic will now pay $88, Down $7 from the old rate Oliver items stolen from museum in Waild Encill Mildenhall England is British police Are seeking information Roqu t the theft of valuable items stole from display cabinets at the Mildenhall  District museum. The theft took place Between 2 30  4 . Saturday while the museum was open to the Public police said. The following items valued at a total of several Hundred British pounds were stolen from two locked cabinets a fifth or sixth Century Anglo Saxon pen annular brooch made from Copper Alloy  decorated with red enamel. A Glass jewelry Bead dated from the fifth to the seventh Century. A ring headed pin with a Copper Alloy decorated Shaft dated Between the sixth  seventh centuries. And an Anglo Saxon Crux Type Coin of ethelred ii issued from . 991 to 997. Vav. ". ?." woman police Constable to Castillo said that about 40 people possibly some of them americans were in the museum when the theft occurred  that they might be Able to give police vital clues. Mildenhall is Home to Many service members stationed at both Raf Milden Hall  Raf Lakenheath. Mildenhall police can be contacted at 0284 774280. Demo Sale scheduled for veterans Day the defense re utilization  marketing office in Mainz Kastel Germany will hold a veterans Day merchandise Sale Friday in building 4042 at the Mainz Kastel storage station. The Sale from 9 . To 1 ., is open to the Public  merchandise must be paid for with . Currency. Items for Sale include dressers buffets hutches office  household tables  chairs books typewriters adding machines  electronic equipment. All Pur chases  be removed by 2 -. The Day of the Sale. For More information Call Dan 334 2729. Said. A contractor employee will now pay $93, which is $8 less that the old  however not All visits will be less expensive oliver1 said. If the patient has an appointment in internal Medicine the Cost will be $144 Tor a defense department civilian or $49 More. For a contract employee the Cost jumped $52 to $153. The outpatient rates in military facilities Are now based upon actual costs collected from every defense treatment facility worldwide. The rates Are clinic specific  include physicians fees prescriptions Laboratory tests  any other services provided Oliver Saidcosts for consultations or referrals for specially clinics from a primary care provider in the military medical care system will be included with the primary care appointment costs. Laboratory a Ray or other diagnostic testing based on the patient s ailment will also be included in the primary care payment regardless of when the patient sees the specially physician or when the tests Are per formed Oliver said. However the patient will be charged for follow up visits unless no treatment is rendered  no addition Al tests Are performed the news release said. The policy change offers Good news for those who make multiple appointments in several clinics for the same Day. A patient will be charged onto the fee for the most expensive specially care that Day Jie said. Military hospitals Are now using a new method to compute inpatient rates As Well Oliver said. Much like outpatient care patients were required to pay a flatmate per Day of hospitalization based upon the Type of care they received the new rates for inpatient care Are based on diag Nostic related groups or drugs Oliver said. There is one charge for the entire Hospital stay regardless of the length of the  costs Are based upon the diagnoses  treatment the release said. Every diagnosis carries a relative weightier re. For example the re for a patient who delivers a baby without complications is .3838, " Oliver said. The re is multiplied by the Dod established rate for overseas which is $4,794 for Dod civilians  $5,089 for contractor employees. Therefore the total charges for the Hospital stay for a Dod civilian who delivers a baby without complications will be $1,840 for Dod  $1953 for contractor employees for daily rates paid by beneficiaries when hospitalized a slight increase was also announced. The new rate for Active duty military  retired offi cers is $4.75 per Day an increase of 10 cents  family members arc required to pay $9.50 per Day an increase of 20 cents. Also there is no per diem charge for enlisted Reti Rees. Is Marian Hamilton present  former . Chief Petty officers from Naples Italy stand in formation saturday to spell the Hull number Mcm 14 for the newly commissioned minesweeper chief named in Honorof the Navy s chief Petty officers. Hail to the cry efs Whf new shop by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy saturday was abuse Day for . Navy chief Petty officers around the world. The Navy commissioned a new ship in their Honor. The minesweeper chief was officially commissioned saturday a Little Creek va., near Norfolk naval shipyard. Sailors from bases worldwide contributed Money for the commissioning ceremony including about $3,500 from individuals  groups in Naples. The Naples sailors went a step further however. Retired  Active duty chief Petty officers who could not travel to Norfolk for the ceremony made a living mosaic of the new ship s Hull number Mcm 14 for photographers in a ceremony of their own. About 300 chief Petty officers Are based in the Naples area  75 participated in the ceremony. Honorary chief Hank Giffin also known As vice . Henry c. Giffin Iii addressed the assembled sailors  regaled them with stories of How important chiefs Are in the Navy. Retired master chief Petty officer Glen a. Pearl who left the Active Navy in 1985  now works As a civilian at the base commissary also participated in the Naples ceremony. I would t have missed it for anything in the world he said Pearl will receive a plaque from the new ship showing that he contributed Money toward the vessel s commissioning  a certificate fro the Petty officers association in Naples showing that he participated. Everyone who contributed More than $100 to the ship s commissioning will receive the plaque from the  Navy does not pay for a ship s commissioning ceremony. Individual sailors donate their Money for it. Pearl said that the Navy previously had a minesweeper named chief but the older vessel was decommissioned several years ago. It s Down in Mexico now with the mexican Navy he said. It s Rusty an crusty now just like All old chiefs but it s still working  still chugging  master chief Petty officer Cly Edixon senior enlisted member at Naples nato Navy element organized the ceremony. We wanted to have a ceremony to Mark the occasion because people wanted to participate in the commissioning rather than just to donate Money Dixon said. We think we Are the Only group in the world that did a ceremony  actually formed the ship s Hull number he added. The photo is slated to hang in the chief Petty officers lounge Abo Rathe chief. And in Bucharest Romania a romanian military officer was reportedly made Eastern Europe s first honorary . Chief by american sailors stationed there. Capt. Gheorghiv Anghel of the romanian air Force was elevated to the rank of chief Petty officer in the . Navy one Day before the ship the chief officially became part of the Fleet. Anghel was sponsored by american members of the military Liaison team Bucharest