The reference, responding to the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 733), established interim standards for the collection of pre-and postdeployment blood specimens. It also authorized the Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Committee (JMROC) to recommend changes to the interim standards.

Defense-wide Policy on Combat Trauma Casualty Hypothermia Prevention and Treatment

This policy explains the requirement to perform annual Periodic Health Assessments (PHAs) for all members of the Active Duty and the Selected Reserve (SELRES) members.

Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation

This memorandum describes new policy for military treatment facilities to credit MSA collections from a third-party payer or any other payer for health care services provided at or through MTFs in the year of receipt, rather than in the year the services were rendered.

Waiver of the 3-Day Prior Hospital Qualifying Stay Requirement for Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care for TRICARE Beneficiares Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Waiver of Limitation on Preventive Eye Examinations for TRICARE Prime Enrollees Affected by the Hurricane Disasters

Comprehensive pandemic influenza policy for use in the development of Combatant Command and Installation-level pandemic influenza plans.

Policy for Release of Tamiflu® (Oseltamivir) Antiviral Stockpile During an Influenza Pandemic

The purpose of this Directive is to promote the security of the United States through improved coordination, planning, and implementation for reconstruction and stabilization assistance for foreign states and regions at risk of, in, or in transition from conflict. or civil strife.

Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation

Standards for Immunization Delivery at Basic Combat Training (BCT) Posts

Policy for the Use of Influenza Vaccine for 2005-2006 Influenza Season

Policy Memorandum for Name Change of the DoD Automated Health Assessment Tool from HEAR to HART

The Cosmetic Surgery Policy implemented in the Military Health System (MHS) in 1992 permitted limited numbers of cosmetic surgery cases, while emphasizing that cosmetic surgery was not a covered benefit under TRICARE. The policy outlined cosmetic surgery procedures permitted in support of graduate medical education training, board eligibility and ...