Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2012)
Notices
Pages 71172-71173
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-28861
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Docket ID DoD-2012-HA-0144
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: TRICARE Management Activity, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the TRICARE Management Activity announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), Beneficiary Education & Support, ATTN: Lennya Bonivento, 7700 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church, VA 22042-5101, or call TMA Beneficiary Education & Support, at 703-681-
1770.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Assistance Reporting Tool (ART), OMB Control Number: 0720-TBD.
Needs and Uses: The ART is a secure web-based system that captures feedback on and authorization related to TRICARE benefits. Users are comprised of Military Health System (MHS) customer service personnel, to include Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators, Debt Collection Assistance Officers, personnel, family support, recruiting command, case managers, and others who serve in a customer service support role. The ART is also the primary means by which Military Medical Support Office (MMSO) staff capture medical authorization determinations and claims assistance information for remotely located service members, line of duty care, and for care under the Transitional Care for Service-related Conditions benefit. ART data reflects the customer service mission within the MHS: it helps customer service staff users prioritize and manage their case workload; it allows users to track beneficiary inquiry workload and resolution, of which a major component is educating beneficiaries on their TRICARE benefits. Personal health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII) entered into the system is received from
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individuals via a verbal or written exchange and is only collected to facilitate beneficiary case resolution. Authorized users may use the PII/PHI to obtain and verify TRICARE eligibility, treatment, payment, and other healthcare operations information for a specific individual. All data collected is voluntarily given by the individual. At any time during the case resolution process, individuals may object to the collection of PHI and PII via verbal or written notice. Individuals are informed that without PII/PHI the authorized user of the system may not be able to assist in case resolution, and that answers to questions/
concerns would be generalities regarding the topic at hand.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Annual Burden Hours: 63,500.
Number of Respondents: 254,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Frequency: Daily.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Information Collection
The TRICARE Management Activity Beneficiary Education and Support Division designed the ART as a secure, (Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process-certified with a Privacy Impact Assessment on file with the TMA Privacy and Civil Liberties office) web-based system to track, refer, reflect, and report workload associated with resolution of beneficiary and/or provider inquiries. The ART is also the primary means by which MMSO staff capture medical authorization determinations and claims assistance information for remotely located service members, line of duty care, and for care under the Transitional Care for Service-related Conditions benefit.
Users are comprised of MHS customer service personnel, to include Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators, Debt Collection Assistance Officers, MMSO staff, personnel, family support, recruiting command, case managers, and others who serve in a customer service support role. Only individuals with a valid need-to-know demonstrated by assigned official Government duties are granted access to the ART. These individuals must satisfy all personnel security criteria with special protection measures or restricted distribution as established by the data owner.
ART data reflects the customer service mission within the MHS: it helps customer service staff users prioritize and manage their case workload; it allows users to track beneficiary inquiry workload and resolution, of which a major component is educating beneficiaries on their TRICARE benefits.
PHI and PII entered into the system is received from individuals via a verbal or written exchange and is only collected to facilitate beneficiary case resolution. Authorized users may use the PII/PHI to obtain and verify TRICARE eligibility, treatment, payment, and other healthcare operations information for a specific individual. All data collected is voluntarily given by the individual. At any time during the case resolution process, individuals may object to the collection of PHI and PII via verbal or written notice. Individuals are informed that without PII/PHI the authorized user of the system may not be able to assist in case resolution, and that answers to questions/concerns would be generalities regarding the topic at hand.
Dated: November 26, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
FR Doc. 2012-28861 Filed 11-28-12; 8:45 am
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