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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Preventive Health Allowance
Demonstration Project
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of
Defense (Health Affairs)/TRICARE
Management Activity, Department of
Defense.
ACTION: Notice of a Preventive Health
Allowance Demonstration Project.
SUMMARY: This notice is to advise
interested parties of a Military Health
System (MHS) demonstration project
entitled ‘‘Preventive Health Allowance
Demonstration Project for TRICARE
Active Duty Personnel and their Family
Members’’. This demonstration project
is designed to evaluate the efficacy of
providing a preventive health services
allowance to encourage healthy
behaviors on the part of eligible MHS
beneficiaries.
DATES: Effective Date: This
demonstration is effective from
December 1, 2009, until December 31,
2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Barry Cohen, Director, Healthcare
Operations–TRICARE Management
Activity, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810,
Falls Church, VA 22041–3206;
telephone (703) 681–4029.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Background
Studies have been performed in
health organizations to assess the
effectiveness of waiving co-pays for
clinical preventive services, as well as
financial incentives for healthy
behavioral change. No studies to date
have assessed the effects of providing
financial incentives for increasing
compliance with recommended and, in
some instances, mandated clinical
preventive services in an Active Duty
military population. This demonstration
project will be the first such effort
among Active Duty military personnel
and their family members. The results of
this demonstration will have a direct
impact on the future utility of this type
of intervention.
B. National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09)
Preventive Health Allowance Directive
Section 714 of the NDAA for FY09
authorizes the Department to conduct a
demonstration project designed to
evaluate the efficacy of providing an
annual allowance to members of the
armed forces to increase the use of
preventive health services by such
members and their dependents. To meet
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eligibility standards to receive this
benefit, the member of the armed forces
must be serving on active duty for a
period of more than 30 days and meet
the medical and dental readiness
requirements for their branch of service.
Not more than 1,500 members of each
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and
Marine Corps may receive a preventive
health services allowance during any
year, of which half in each Service shall
be members without dependents and
half shall be members with dependents.
The Secretary of the military
department concerned shall pay a
preventive health services allowance to
a member selected to receive the
allowance in an amount equal to $500
per year in the case of a member
without dependents, and $1,000 per
year in the case of a member with
dependents.
C. Description of Demonstration Project
The Preventive Health Allowance
demonstration project will be conducted
to evaluate whether a preventive health
services allowance will increase the
utilization of clinical preventive
services among Active Duty personnel
and their family members. Clinical
Preventive Services, with respect to age
and gender-specific recommendations
included in this study, are screening for
colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cervical
cancer, and prostate cancer; an annual
physical exam; an annual dental exam;
weight and body mass screening; and
immunizations.
The TRICARE Management Activity
(TMA) will establish the methodology,
implement the demonstration, and
obtain the necessary data to evaluate the
outcome effectively. There will be 1,500
Active Duty members enrolled from
each Service, with 750 being single
Active Duty members, and 750 having
family members. The Secretary of the
military department concerned shall
pay the preventive health allowance at
the rate of $500 or $1,000 per year for
single Active Duty members or for
Active Duty with family members
respectively for those in compliance
with the appropriate clinical preventive
services recommendations. The selected
participants will be provided
information regarding the nature of the
study, their obligations during the
study, the incentive that can be
achieved with compliance and a tollfree telephone number for enrollment
and/or questions.
D. Evaluation
An independent evaluation of the
demonstration will be conducted. The
evaluation will be designed to
determine whether the provision of a
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preventive health allowance increased
the utilization rate of clinical preventive
services among TRICARE Active Duty
personnel and their family members.
Dated: November 19, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Preventive Health Allowance Demonstration Project
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)/TRICARE
Management Activity, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of a Preventive Health Allowance Demonstration Project.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested parties of a Military
Health System (MHS) demonstration project entitled ``Preventive Health
Allowance Demonstration Project for TRICARE Active Duty Personnel and
their Family Members''. This demonstration project is designed to
evaluate the efficacy of providing a preventive health services
allowance to encourage healthy behaviors on the part of eligible MHS
beneficiaries.
DATES: Effective Date: This demonstration is effective from December 1,
2009, until December 31, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Barry Cohen, Director, Healthcare
Operations-TRICARE Management Activity, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3206; telephone (703) 681-4029.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Studies have been performed in health organizations to assess the
effectiveness of waiving co-pays for clinical preventive services, as
well as financial incentives for healthy behavioral change. No studies
to date have assessed the effects of providing financial incentives for
increasing compliance with recommended and, in some instances, mandated
clinical preventive services in an Active Duty military population.
This demonstration project will be the first such effort among Active
Duty military personnel and their family members. The results of this
demonstration will have a direct impact on the future utility of this
type of intervention.
B. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2009
(FY09) Preventive Health Allowance Directive
Section 714 of the NDAA for FY09 authorizes the Department to
conduct a demonstration project designed to evaluate the efficacy of
providing an annual allowance to members of the armed forces to
increase the use of preventive health services by such members and
their dependents. To meet eligibility standards to receive this
benefit, the member of the armed forces must be serving on active duty
for a period of more than 30 days and meet the medical and dental
readiness requirements for their branch of service.
Not more than 1,500 members of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps may receive a preventive health services allowance
during any year, of which half in each Service shall be members without
dependents and half shall be members with dependents. The Secretary of
the military department concerned shall pay a preventive health
services allowance to a member selected to receive the allowance in an
amount equal to $500 per year in the case of a member without
dependents, and $1,000 per year in the case of a member with
dependents.
C. Description of Demonstration Project
The Preventive Health Allowance demonstration project will be
conducted to evaluate whether a preventive health services allowance
will increase the utilization of clinical preventive services among
Active Duty personnel and their family members. Clinical Preventive
Services, with respect to age and gender-specific recommendations
included in this study, are screening for colorectal cancer, breast
cancer, cervical cancer, and prostate cancer; an annual physical exam;
an annual dental exam; weight and body mass screening; and
immunizations.
The TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) will establish the
methodology, implement the demonstration, and obtain the necessary data
to evaluate the outcome effectively. There will be 1,500 Active Duty
members enrolled from each Service, with 750 being single Active Duty
members, and 750 having family members. The Secretary of the military
department concerned shall pay the preventive health allowance at the
rate of $500 or $1,000 per year for single Active Duty members or for
Active Duty with family members respectively for those in compliance
with the appropriate clinical preventive services recommendations. The
selected participants will be provided information regarding the nature
of the study, their obligations during the study, the incentive that
can be achieved with compliance and a toll-free telephone number for
enrollment and/or questions.
D. Evaluation
An independent evaluation of the demonstration will be conducted.
The evaluation will be designed to determine whether the provision of a
preventive health allowance increased the utilization rate of clinical
preventive services among TRICARE Active Duty personnel and their
family members.
Dated: November 19, 2009.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. E9-28355 Filed 11-25-09; 8:45 am]
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