Sec. 727. CLAIMS PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS

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## SEC. 727 CLAIMS PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take all necessary actions to implement the following improvements with respect to processing of claims under the TRICARE program: ####

(1)Use of the TRICARE encounter data information system rather than the health care service record in maintaining information on covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code. ####

(2)Elimination of all delays in payment of claims to health care providers that may result from the development of the health care service record or TRICARE encounter data information. ####

(3)Requiring all health care providers under the TRICARE program that the Secretary determines are high-volume providers to submit claims electronically. ####

(4)Processing 50 percent of all claims by health care providers and institutions under the TRICARE program by electronic means. ####

(5)Authorizing managed care support contractors under the TRICARE program to require providers to access information on the status of claims through the use of telephone automated voice response units. * * * * * * * ## subtitle D Demonstration Projects