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Medical Management Guide, 2009, Version 3.0 - Tricare

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<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>3.0</strong> Appendix C - DefinitionsPage 183Active Duty after being called up or ordered in support of a contingency operation for an Active Dutyperiod of more than 30 days, and their family members.• Members separated from Active Duty after being involuntarily retained in support of a contingencyoperation, and their family members.• Members separated from Active Duty following a voluntary agreement to stay on Active Duty for less thanone year in support of a contingency mission, and their family members.Resources:TRICARE: http://www.tricare.mil/factsheets/viewfactsheet.cfm?id=317.Traumatic Injury Protection under Service members' Group Life Insurance (TSGLI)A traumatic injury protection rider under Service members’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) that provides forpayment to any member of the Uniformed Services covered by SGLI who sustains a traumatic injury resulting incertain severe losses. Effective Dec. 1, 2005, every member who has SGLI also has TSGLI. This coverage appliesto ADSMs, Reservists, National Guard members, funeral honors duty, and one-day muster duty. This benefit isalso provided retroactively for members who incur severe losses as a result of traumatic injury between Oct. 7,2001 and Dec. 1, 2005 if the loss was the direct result of injuries incurred in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).Resources:Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): http://www.insurance.va.gov/SGLISITE/legislation/TSGLIFacts.htm.Utilization <strong>Management</strong> (UM)A methodology that addresses the issue of managing use of resources in the delivery of health care, while alsomeasuring the quality associated with the delivery of that care.Resources:McKesson Certified Professional in Healthcare <strong>Management</strong> (CPHM) Study <strong>Guide</strong> 2, 148. September <strong>2009</strong>.Utilization Review (UR)The process of determining whether all aspects of a patient’s care, at every level, are medically necessary andappropriate.Resources:McKesson Certified Professional in Healthcare <strong>Management</strong> (CPHM) Study <strong>Guide</strong> 2, 148. September <strong>2009</strong>.

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