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Briefing: Air Force Medical Affirmative Claims (MAC) Process – How Should MAC Work? Date: 21 March 2007 Time: 0900 -

Briefing: Air Force Medical Affirmative Claims (MAC) Process – How Should MAC Work? Date: 21 March 2007 Time: 0900 - 0950 . Objectives. Today we will discuss: What MAC is Responsibilities Training Medical Staff on Program Creating Bills Elements of a Successful MAC Program

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Briefing: Air Force Medical Affirmative Claims (MAC) Process – How Should MAC Work? Date: 21 March 2007 Time: 0900 -

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  1. Briefing: Air Force Medical Affirmative Claims (MAC) Process – How Should MAC Work? Date: 21 March 2007 Time: 0900 - 0950

  2. Objectives Today we will discuss: • What MAC is • Responsibilities • Training Medical Staff on Program • Creating Bills • Elements of a Successful MAC Program • Future of Air Force MAC Program

  3. What Is MAC? Medical Affirmative Claims (MAC) • Program outlined in DoD 6010.15, AFI 41-114, AFI 41-115, AFI 41-120, and AFI 51-502, Personnel and Government Recovery Claims (primarily SJA responsibility) • Dollars recouped from liability insurance for retirees, family members, and AD who receive treatment at government expense as a result of injury (includes food poisoning) or illness sustained as a result of an injury • Dollars for MTF treatment deposited directly into MTF O&M—separate from TPC/MSA (sales code 94) • Civilian medical care costs deposited into General Treasury unless MTF pays for care

  4. What Is MAC? MAC (Cont’d) • Types of tort insurance billed • Automobile • No-fault and/or personal injury protection (PIP) • Boat and airplane • Products and/or manufacturers • Premises • General casualty (slip/fall) or umbrella (covers a variety of personal properties) • Homeowners’ and/or Renters’ • Medical malpractice (other than federal)

  5. Responsibilities – Yours and SJA’s Responsibilities • Have a written MOU between MTF and SJA that outlines notification, preparation, and follow-up procedures • MTF provides updated fund cite to SJA at FY start • MTF identifies all injuries to base SJA using the AF 1488, Daily Log of Patients Treated for Injuries • SJA determines if injury and subsequent treatment represents a potential recoverable claim and then pursues payment to Federal Medical Care Recovery Act

  6. Responsibilities – Yours and SJA’s Responsibilities (cont’d) • MTF prepares AF 438, Medical Care–Third Party Liability • MTF provides billing rates • Rates available on UBO Web site by locality code (FY03-Rates) • MTF provides a quick response to all SJA medical record documentation requests/SJA mails claim • MTF and SJA reconciliation of open, transferred, and closed claims • Money will be deposited by the SJA • Verification during reconciliation process

  7. Train Your Staff Training Medical Staff • You are responsible for ensuring that all clinic personnel are properly trained regarding the identification of potential MAC cases • Set up a training plan to include: • Regularly scheduled training sessions at least quarterly, for providers, nurses, technicians, records clerks, and administration staff • Initial training for all incoming personnel

  8. How to Create Bills Creating Bills • Air Force is working on an automated billing system for MAC, but right now there are a couple of billing methods currently available. They include, but are not limited to: • Submit bills to SJA on AF Form 438 • If this is working for your MTF, then continue with this process • TPOCS Read-only access (FY03-Rates ONLY) • UB-92 will change 23 May 07 to UB-04 • CMS 1500 will change 1 April 07

  9. How to Have a Successful Program Elements of a Successful MAC Program • Successful business relations with legal and medical staff • Timely identification/notification of possible MAC cases • Organizing the MAC program • Audit procedures (at least monthly) • With legal staff (open/closed MAC cases) • With medical staff (to ensure clinics are catching potential MAC cases) • Training medical staff on MAC

  10. MAC Enhancement Tool Elements of a Successful MAC Program (cont’d) • Understand the MAC Enhancement Tool • Change Package (279-281) released on 3 Nov 05 (CHCS administrator must issue security keys) • New fields/functionality • Injury/Accident related indicator • Date/Place of Injury/Accident • Injury cases codes • Identify possible liability cases • Capture, store, and link specific clinical data/medical codes related to injury and accident information • Ability to generate reports

  11. Eglin AFB Electronic 1488

  12. The Future of MAC Future of Air Force MAC • Due to resourcing constraints, SJA is proposing a program reorganization • SJA proposal includes: • Regional offices with dedicated staff to work MAC • Possible fee (% of collections) to help fund the program • Effective date is TBD • AF SJA / AF SG meeting to discuss specifics • Bottom line • Current policy/process has not changed • JA should still be supporting you, if they are not, notify your MAJCOM Manager • We will advise when we know more

  13. Review Let’s Review: • What is MAC? • Responsibilities • Training Medical Staff on Program • Creating Bills • Elements of a Successful MAC Program • Future of Air Force MAC Program?

  14. References • AFI 41-114, Medical Health Service System Matrix • Determines eligibility and appropriate charges for health care • AFI 41-115, Authorized Health Care and Health Care Benefits in the Military Health Services System (MHSS) • Determines eligibility for health care, health care benefits, and extent of care that the AF authorizes (Civilian Employees) • AFI 41-120, Medical Resource Management Operations • Guidelines for RM or UBO Flight commanders in MTFs • DoD 6010.15, Military Treatment Facility Uniformed Business Office Manual • Guidelines for operations of MTF business offices. Prescribes procedures and accounting systems for management of accounts and TPC activities • AFI 51-502, Personnel and Government Recovery Claims (SJA)

  15. Websites • http://www.tricare.mil/ocfo/mcfs/ubo/index.cfm • UBO Web site • http://www.dtic.mil/comptroller/ratesindex2002.html • Rates

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