A minimum of 1 demand letter is required. However, the specific content material, timing and variety of demand letters may be tailor-made to the sort and amount of the debt, and the debtor’s response, if any. Contractors’ demand letters must be mailed or hand-delivered on the identical date they’re dated. The Director, OCHAMPUS, or a designee, could refer a listening to case to the Assistant Secretary of Defense when the listening to involves the resolution of CHAMPUS coverage and issuance of a ultimate choice which can be relied on, used, or cited as precedent in the administration of CHAMPUS. In such a circumstance, the Director, OCHAMPUS, or a designee, shall forward the beneficial choice, together with the recommendation of the Director, OCHAMPUS, or a designee, relating to disposition of the hearing case.