TRANSMITTAL NOTICE - INDIAN HEALTH MANUAL

TN 94-17

BACKGROUND:

This transmits the new Chapter 6, Part 2 of the Indian Health MANUAL (IHM), Patient Registration System (PRS). The purpose of this chapter is to establish the PRS as the Indian Health Service (IHS) official means for collecting, identifying, and recording patient demographic and eligibility information. This chapter of the IHM establishes policy, procedures, responsibilities, and program elements for the PRS in the IHS.

MATERIAL TRANSMITTED:

IHM Chapter 6, Patient Registration System, pages 1 through 20, and the Table of Contents.

MATERIAL SUPERSEDED:

None.

MANUAL MAINTENANCE:

Insert this new chapter behind Chapter 5, Health Services for Indian and Alaska Native Advanced Students, in Part 2 of the IHM.

Log and file the Transmittal Notice in numerical sequence.

Distribution: PSD 557 (Indian Health Service Mailing Key) Date: OCTOBER 06, 1994