Medical Management Guide, 2009, Version 3.0 - Tricare

Page 140Medical Management Tools Version 3.0Medical Management GuideMHS InsightMHS Insight is an exceptionally powerful yet easy-touseMHS performance management tool to supportthe periodic review of performance measures toactively manage business, operational, and clinicalactivities from the ASD (HA); the TMA; and theArmy, Navy, and Air Force medical departments(including local MTFs, intermediate Commands, andheadquarters). This Web-based solution improvesthe ability of the MHS to set, monitor, and achievestrategic performance goals; and to quickly andaccurately communicate performance informationto all levels of the MHS. Contact your supervisor ordepartment head for more information.Prospective Payment SystemThe Prospective Payment System (PPS) is a modular,performance-based budgeting system that facilitatesthe ability of the MHS to provide incentives andfinancial rewards for efficient management. Eachmodule of the application is designed to leverageinformation technology that has already been builtby the Services as part of their business planning.Protected Health Information ManagementToolThe Protected Health Information ManagementTool (PHIMT) is a Web-based application that assistsin complying with the HIPAA Privacy DisclosureAccounting requirement. It enables the MHS tosimplify its compliance tasks and reduce associatedcosts through the use of sophisticated HIPAAprocess automation features and centralized datamanagement.Information on the PHIMT is available through theTRICARE website at http://www.trow.tma.osd.mil/TMAPrivacy/hipaa/hipaacompliance/tools-training/PHIMT.htm.To obtain access to the tool, contact EIDS@mhshelpdesk.com.SERVICE-LEVEL INFORMATION SYSTEMSThe Army, Navy, and Air Force have developedService-specific websites that providemeasures supporting the Defense HealthProgram (DHP), as well as other measures of interestfor MM. The tools described below allow Service-,regional-, and MTF-level views of their respectivemeasures, to assist MM teams in extracting relevantmeasures to support their MTFs’ MM and businessplans.• Army — The Army’s Office of the SurgeonGeneral (OTSG) maintains a dashboardof clinical and business measures on theCommand Management System (CMS), and theMedical Operational Data System (MODS).MODS provides the Army Medical Department(AMEDD) with an integrated automation systemsupporting all phases of human resource lifecycle management during both peacetime andmobilization. It provides Commanders, staff,and functional managers of AMEDD organizationswith a real-time source of informationon the qualifications, training, special pay, andreadiness of AMEDD personnel. Measures areavailable from the MEDCOM level to the childDefense Medical Information System (DMIS)