PROGRAM &
BUDGET
The Program
& Budget officer for the SRMC is responsible for formulation,
distribution, execution & monitoring of 10 Military Treatment
Facilities Annual Operating Budgets and RMC HQ Account. The
operating budget for the Regional Medical Command provides funding
for a wide range of clinical services and medical education,
medical equipment and supplies, installation support including
BASOPS reimbursement, minor and major repair and construction.
Counter Narcotics and Family Advocacy Program and specialized
programs, such as the Breast Cancer Awareness and the
Comprehensive Clinical Evaluations Program funds. These come from
a variety of funding streams including various congressional
appropriations, transfer payments from civilian contractors and
the Navy and Air Force, and Third Party Collections from insurance
companies.
The Program
and Budget office establishes accounting and control procedures to
accommodate maintenance of financial data, management of contract
funds and reporting to higher headquarters. Information is
examined and consolidated in accordance with MEDCOM directives.
Key
Roles & Responsibilities
- Budget Formulation & Submission Requirements: The
RMC Program and Budget Officer provides guidance, direction and
oversight of subordinate MTFs on all phases of budget formulation.
SRMC program specialists are consulted to identify variances with
command initiatives, DOD/DA mandated programs and MTF specific
health care objectives. MTF input is examined for compliance with
requirements and policy directives and validated to ensure
adequacy and appropriateness of budget submissions. This compiled
budget data from the MTFs is used to assess regional funding for
various line items and special programs. Evaluations are made to
compare spending patterns against budget projections, program
execution and funding requirements examined to ensure regional
balance and support for broad-based initiatives.
- Monthly Reports/Resource Summaries: The
SRMC coordinates monthly "Status of Funds", flash
reports and Command-approved regional initiatives for all MTFs
in the region. Based on these periodic reviews, technical
program & budget guidance is provided to the MTFs.
Regional resource summaries track and reconcile actual funding
distributions, authorization and reprogramming actions within
each MTF and among regional MTFs. Click
Here to Login. This continual monitoring of fiscal
documentation allows for analysis of MTF budget execution &
reprogramming of funds as required.
- Policies and Procedures: The
Program & Budget Officer provides guidance and direction to
subordinate MTFs. Budget policy and requirements from higher
headquarters are evaluated for regional application. These
regional policies and procedures must be consistent with
Congressional mandates and requirements imposed by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs (ASD HA) and MEDCOM.
Assistance is provided to ensure adequate and appropriate
funding for new and ongoing programs. The RMC advises on a wide
range of issues affecting short and long range budget planning
such as uncertainties concerning the health care delivery
systems in DOD, cost shifting for base operations support,
impact of national legislation and changes in composition of the
beneficiary population. Included are the care required, funding
for application of advanced technologies and other advancements
in medicine and other unscheduled and difficult to project
requirements.
- Tricare Senior Prime: This
region has fiscal oversight of three TRICARE Senior Prime sites.
TRICARE Senior Prime is a managed care demonstration
program designed to better serve the medical needs of enrolled
military retirees, dependents, and survivors who are 65 years
and over. This demonstration program is being offered at
selected sites across the country, and provides a limited number
of enrollees with all of the benefits available under Medicare,
plus additional benefits under TRICARE Prime that are offered to
other eligible retired military beneficiaries under age 65. The
sites within this region offering TRICARE Senior Prime are:
Brooke Army Medical
Center, San Antonio, TX
Fort Sill, Lawton, OK
Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, CO
For more information
on TRICARE Senior Prime, Click
Here. TRICARE for Life is a program that expands
coverage to all 65 years old and over beneficiaries, effective 1
October 2001. Program specifics, to include the extent to which
care will be provided via enrollment at a regional military
medical treatment facility or as an adjunct to Medicare, are
under development.
- Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial
Management & Comptroller: The
ASA(FM&C) mission is to provide timely and credible
financial management information, guidance, products and
services and foster stewardship and accountability in support of
Army mission accomplishment. Key functions include preparing,
justifying, defending and executing the Army budget and
providing policy and management oversight of Army financial
operations, systems and compliance. For more on ASA (FM&C),
Click
Here
Travel
- Travel
Policy: Attached is an
excerpt from a SA-OPLOC publication. It contains good information
for travelers on some frequently confusing travel policies.
- Per diem Travel Rates: Go
to this site to calculate per diem rates for continental,
overseas & OCONUS travel. Also, find information on
contractor travel, Cost of Living Allowances or let GSA know if
per diem rates for a particular site are not adequate.
Please
visit this web site for info.
- Army Lodging Success Program: The
Lodging Success Program is mandatory for all Army active duty,
reserve, national guard and civilian personnel on official travel
orders within any designated LSP locality. Travel locations that
are a part of LSP include Miami, FL; Atlanta, GA; Oahu, HI;
Boston, MA; San Juan, PR; San Antonio, TX; Hampton/Newport News,
VA and National Capital Region. To view rates, recently added
localities or for more information on this program, go
to Army Lodging Success Program
web site.
- Mileage Calculations: The
Defense Table of Official Distances (DTOD) is an automated
capability used by the Department of Defense (DoD) as its
official source of worldwide distance information (in miles and
kilometers) for all household goods, freight, and travel needs.
DTOD supports travel and transportation for the Continental
United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada,
Mexico, and areas Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS)
in which DoD operates. Go to DTOD
web site and click on GET DISTANCE. A User ID and
password have been established for SRMC or you may choose to
establish your own account. To find the SRMC users
login user ID and Password, Click
here
If you have any problem getting into the account, either call
the Customer Assistance number 1-800-331-7348.
Training
- Military Training Specific Allotment: MTSA
funds are to be used to fund per diem and travel expenses
incurred in conjunction with specific Army-directed training,
such as OBC. For specific information on which courses will be
funded with MTSA funds, please click
here, and go to Resource Analysis and Business
Practice (RABP), then to MTSA. Your
Installation RMD is responsible for funding MTSA courses.
Courses authorized for MTSA are fully managed on Army Training
Requirements & Resources System (ATTRS). ATRRS
contains training requirements, class schedules, quota
allocations and input and graduation information.
- US Army Finance School: The
Finance School located at
Fort Jackson, South Carolina provides a variety of finance,
accounting and resource management specific courses. These
courses include Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBES)
and Resource Management Budget (RMBC). PPBES reviews the process
of planning, programming, budgeting and execution from congress
to active level. RMBC provides tools for adjusting and reviewing
budgets from development through execution including exercises
in unfinanced requirements, mock PBAC and year-end closing
procedures.
Professional
Organizations
- American Society of Military Comptrollers: ASMC
is a non-profit educational and professional organization for
persons, military and civilian, involved in the overall field of
military comptrollership. ASMC promotes the education and training
of its members, and supports the development and advancement of
the profession of military comptrollership. The society sponsors
research, provides professional programs to keep members abreast
of current issues and encourages the exchange of techniques and
approaches. For Chapter and Member information, please go to
American Society of
Military Controllers Web Site
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