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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> Executive SummaryPage iiiExecutive SummaryINTRODUCTIONThe Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE<strong>Management</strong> Activity (TMA) values all staffinvolved in the delivery of high-quality healthcare to DoD beneficiaries — Service members andtheir families. TMA is constantly working to providethe most current information to its partners in thiseffort.The <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> is issued by theOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense forHealth Affairs (ASD [HA]) and TMA, Office of theChief <strong>Medical</strong> Officer (OCMO), Population Healthand <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Division (PHMMD).The <strong>Guide</strong> covers the components of a <strong>Medical</strong><strong>Management</strong> (MM) program, including applicableprinciples, implementation concepts, processes, andtools/databases for Utilization <strong>Management</strong> (UM),Case <strong>Management</strong> (CM), and Disease <strong>Management</strong>(DM). It complements the 2001 DoD PopulationHealth Improvement Plan and <strong>Guide</strong> published byTMA and the Government Printing Office (http://www.tricare.mil/ocmo/download/mhs_phi_guide.pdf, and CD-ROM Resource ES-1).The ASD (HA) annually signs a five-year performanceplan for the Defense Health Program (DHP) with theSecretary of Defense, along with Army, Navy, andAir Force Assistant Secretaries for Manpower andReserve Affairs. MM-related measures (i.e., metrics)highlighted in the FY <strong>2009</strong> DHP Plan ( CD-ROMResource ES-2) include:• Beneficiary satisfaction with the health plan.• Inpatient production target (relative weightedproducts [RWP]).• Outpatient production target (relative valueunits [RVUs]).• Primary care productivity (RVUs per primary careprovider per day).• <strong>Medical</strong> cost per member per year.LEGISLATIVE GUIDANCEUnder legislative mandates, the ASD (HA)submits an annual report to Congressregarding healthcare delivery for 9.4 millionMilitary Health System (MHS) beneficiaries. The<strong>2009</strong> report documents the MHS goal of providinghigh-quality care, improving performance throughclinical and process outcomes, and increasingpatients’ confidence in the care they receive.<strong>Version</strong> <strong>3.0</strong> of the <strong>Guide</strong> draws more specificallyfrom the Report to Congress on the ComprehensivePolicy Improvements to the Care, <strong>Management</strong> and

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