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Medical Management Guide, 2009, Version 3.0 - Tricare

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Page 182Appendix C - Definitions<strong>Version</strong> <strong>3.0</strong><strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>Supplemental Security Income (SSI)SSI is a federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes). It isdesigned to help aged, blind, and disabled people who have little or no income. It provides cash to meet basicneeds for food, clothing, and shelter.Resources:Social Security Administration (SSA): http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/.Temporary Disability Retirement List (TDRL)See also Permanent Disability Retirement List (PDRL)If, as the result of a Physical Evaluation Board finding, a Service member is found unfit to perform his/her dutiesby reason of a disability which may not be of a permanent nature, that Service member may be placed on theTemporary Disability Retired List under the authority of Title 10 of the U.S. Code, Section 1202 or 1205.Resources:Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS): http://www.dfas.mil/retiredpay/disabilityretirements.html.Temporary Limited Duty (TLD)See Limited Duty (LIMDU)Tertiary Prevention(see also Primary Prevention, Secondary Prevention)A stage of <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> that occurs when the goal is to prevent further suffering at end the stage ofthe disease.Resources:2001 DoD Population Health Improvement Plan and <strong>Guide</strong>: http://www.tricare.mil/ocmo/download/mhs_phi_guide.pdf.See Executive Summary, CD-ROM Resource ES-1.Wilson, W., Carneal, G., Newman, M.B. Documenting Case <strong>Management</strong> Outcomes, Case in Point, 15. Case<strong>Management</strong> Society of America, February/March 2008: http://www.schoonerhealth.com/files/32736223.pdf.Transitional Assistance <strong>Management</strong> Program (TAMP)TAMP offers transitional TRICARE coverage to certain separating ADSMs and their eligible family members.Care is available for a limited time. Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, effectiveOct. 28, 2004, TRICARE eligibility under the TAMP has been permanently extended from 60 or 120 days to 180days.The four categories for TAMP are:• Members involuntarily separated from active duty and their eligible family members.• National Guard and Reserve members, collectively known as the Reserve Component (RC), separated from

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