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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health 

Affairs). 

(3) In addition to preventive care 

services provided pursuant to paragraph 

(b)(2) of this section, other benefit 

enhancements may be added and other 

benefit restrictions may be waived or 

relaxed in connection with health care 

services provided to include the 

Uniform HMO Benefit. Any such other 

enhancements or changes must be 

approved by the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Health Affairs) based on 

uniform standards.’’

Also, under TRICARE Standard, 

education and counseling services are 

expressly excluded under 32 CFR 

199.4(g)(39). 

D. National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA) 2007 Disease Management 

Directives 

The NDAA 2007 section 734 requires 

the design and development of a fully 

integrated program on disease and 

chronic care management for the 

military health care system that 

provides uniform policies and practices 

on disease and chronic care 

management throughout the TRICARE 

network by October 1, 2007. The NDAA 

2007 further states the program ‘‘shall 

include strategies for disease and 

chronic care management for all 

beneficiaries, including beneficiaries 

eligible for benefits under the Medicare 

program under title XVIII of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), for 

whom the TRICARE program is not the 

primary payer for health care benefits.’’

The purposes of the MHS DM 

programs, as stated in the NDAA 2007, 

are to facilitate the improvement of the 

health status of individuals under care 

in the military health care system, to 

ensure the availability of effective 

health care services for individuals with 

diseases and other chronic conditions, 

and to ensure the proper allocation of 

health care resources for individuals 

who need care for disease or other 

chronic conditions. The NDAA 2007 

mandates the DM program to address, at 

a minimum, the following chronic 

diseases and conditions: Diabetes, 

cancer, heart disease, asthma, chronic 

obstructive pulmonary disorder, and 

depression and anxiety disorders. 

E. Description of Demonstration Project 

Under this demonstration, DoD will 

waive, for disease management services 

provided to TRICARE Standard 

beneficiaries, the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 

1079(a)(13) and 32 CFR 199.4(g)(39) that 

expressly exclude clinical preventive 

services for TRICARE Standard 

beneficiaries in the current benefit. The 

MHS will enroll TRICARE Standard 

beneficiaries in its DM programs. DM 

services provided to Standard 

beneficiaries will include, but are not 

limited to: Clinical preventive 

examinations, patient education and 

counseling services, and periodic 

screening exams. 

There will be a cap on MHS DM 

program costs not to exceed the amount 

approved by the contracting officer. The 

DM program costs are total costs of DM 

services provided to both Prime and 

Standard beneficiaries. Only those 

beneficiaries identified by TRICARE 

Management Activity (TMA) for disease 

management of asthma, congestive heart 

failure, and diabetes are included in the 

current program, with other diseases or 

conditions to be added in the future as 

funding permits. The beneficiaries 

identified by TMA are included in the 

DM program unless the beneficiary 

chooses to opt out. 

This action will directly reduce 

variation across the system and result in 

improved consistency and quality for 

beneficiaries with targeted chronic 

illness, regardless of TRICARE 

classification. Furthermore, including 

TRICARE Standard beneficiaries in 

current DM efforts will inform the MHS 

about total potential savings and return 

on investment (ROI) associated with 

DM, a stated requirement for inclusion 

in the Congressional report per the 

NDAA 2007. The system-wide DM 

program will improve the quality of care 

by educating patients about their 

disease and helping them manage their 

symptoms, thereby avoiding many 

complications and possibly slowing the 

progression of their chronic disease, 

thus resulting in significant cost 

savings. 

F. Implementation 

The demonstration is effective on 

April 1, 2007. 

G. Evaluation 

An independent evaluation of the 

demonstration will be conducted. The 

evaluation will be designed to use a 

combination of administrative and 

survey measures of health care 

outcomes (clinical, utilization, financial, 

and humanistic measures) to provide 

analyses and comment on the 

effectiveness of the demonstration in 

meeting its goal of providing uniform 

disease management policies and 

practices across the MHS. 

Dated: June 7, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the President’s 

Commission on Care for America’s 

Returning Wounded Warriors 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a), 

Public Law 92–463, as amended, notice 

is hereby given of a forthcoming 

Meeting of the President’s Commission 

on Care for America’s Returning 

Wounded Warriors on 29 June 2007. 

The purpose of the Commission meeting 

is to conduct briefings for the 

Commissioners. The meeting is open to 

the public, subject to the availability of 

space. 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Committee and make an oral 

presentation of such. Persons desiring to 

make an oral presentation or submit a 

written statement to the Commission 

must notify the point of contact listed 

below no later than 5 p.m. 26 June 2007. 

Oral presentations by members of the 

public will be permitted only on 29 June 

from 2–2:30 p.m. before the full 

Committee. Presentations will be 

limited to 5 minutes. The Executive 

Director and the Designated Federal 

Official will select individuals for oral 

presentations and notify them in 

advance of the opportunity to make a 5 

minute presentation to the Commission. 

Number of oral presentations to be made 

will depend on the number of requests 

received from members of the public. 

Each person desiring to make an oral 

presentation must provide the point of 

contact listed below with one (1) copy 

of the presentation by 26 June 2007, 5 

p.m. and one copy of any material that 

is intended for distribution at the 

meeting. The Staff Points of Contact are 

Col. Denise Dailey, Major Teresa Barnes 

or Leslie Smith, toll free (877) 588–2035 

or fax statements (703) 588–2046. 

DATES: Friday, 29 June 2007. 

Location: Main Conference Center, 

National Transportation Safety Board, 

429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, 

DC 20594. 

For Further Information on 

Submitting Statements Contact: Col. 

Denise Dailey, Major Teresa Barnes or 

Leslie Smith, toll free (877) 588–2035 or 

fax statements (703) 588–2046. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

agenda. 

29 June 2007 

9 a.m. Administrative Time Not Open to 

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10 a.m. Public Session. 

Presentations: 

Legislative Initiatives. 

Summary of Public Input. 

12–2 p.m. Lunch/Administrative Time. 

2–2:30 p.m. Public Forum Presentations. 

2:30–4:30 p.m. Discussion Panels on 

Commission Findings. 

5 p.m. Wrap Up. 

Note: Exact order may vary. 

Dated: June 7, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–2916 Filed 6–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

[DOD–2007–OS–0064] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Systems of 

Records 

AGENCY: Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to add a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: the Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service (DFAS) is proposing 

to add a system of records notice to its 

inventory of record system subject to the 

Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended. 

DATES: This action will be effective 

without further notice on July 13, 2007 

unless comments are received that 

would result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

FOIA/PA Program Manager, Corporate 

Communications and Legislative 

Liaison, Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service, 6760 E. Irvington 

Place, Denver, CO 80279–8000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Linda Krabbenhoft at (303) 676–6045. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service notices for systems of records 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been 

published in the Federal Register and 

are available from the address above. 

The proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on June 6, 2007, to the House 

Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I 

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal 

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records About Individuals’’ dated 

December 12, 2000, 65 FR 239. 

Dated: June 6, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

T7205 

SYSTEM NAME: 

General Accounting and Finance 

System, Report Database for Financial 

Statements. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Defense Information Systems Agency, 

Defense Enterprise Computing Center, 

7879 Wardleigh Road, Hill Air Force 

Base, Ogden, UT 84056–5997. 

CATEGORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

United States Air Force (active duty, 

reserve, and guard members), 

Department of Defense civilian 

employees for the Defense Security 

Service, and the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Social Security Number (SSN) and 

General and Working Capital Funds 

transactions. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental 

Regulations; DoD Directive 5118.5, 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service; 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3512 and 3513; 

and E.O. 9397 (SSN). 

PURPOSE(S): 

The system will enable the United 

States Air Force, Defense Security 

Service, and the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency (NGA) to produce 

transaction-driven financial statements 

in support of Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service financial mission. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records 

or information contained therein may 

specifically be disclosed outside the 

DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: 

To the United States Department of 

the Treasury to report the financial 

status of the General and Working 

Capital funds. 

To the General Accounting Office for 

audit purposes. 

The DoD ‘Blanket Routine Uses’

published at the beginning of the DoD 

compilation of systems of records 

notices apply to this system. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Electronic storage media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Social Security Number (SSN) and 

transaction number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to records is limited to 

individuals who are properly screened 

and cleared on a need-to-know basis in 

the performance of their duties. 

Passwords and user identifications are 

used to control access to the system 

data, and procedures are in place to 

deter browsing and unauthorized 

access. Physical and electronic access 

are limited to persons responsible for 

servicing and authorized to use the 

system. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records are cut off at the end of the 

fiscal year, and destroyed in 6 years and 

3 months after cutoff. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service—Denver, System Management 

Directorate, System Manager, 

Accounting and Cash Systems, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

8000. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

is contained in this system of records 

should address written inquiries to the 

Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service, Freedom of Information/ 

Privacy Act Program Manager, 

Corporate Communications and 

Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. Irvington 

Place, Denver, CO 80279–8000. 

Requests should contain individual’s 

name, Social Security Number (SSN), 

current address, and telephone number 

and provide a reasonable description of 

the records. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written inquiries to Defense Finance 

and Accounting Service, Freedom of 

Information/Privacy Act Program 

Manager, Corporate Communications 

and Legislative Liaison, 6760 E. 

Irvington Place, Denver, CO 80279–

8000. 

Requests should contain individual’s 

name, Social Security Number (SSN), 

current address, and telephone number. 


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