Military Health System

DHA Reportable Medical Event Memo

The reporting of important preventable medical events has long been a cornerstone of public health surveillance rooted in international and national regulations to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 5/1/2023
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

DODI 6205.02 DOD Immunization Program

Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures to establish a uniform DoD immunization program, in accordance with the authority in DoDD 6200.04 and DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1010.10.

• Identification #: DODI 6205.02
• Date: 2/27/2023
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Immunization Healthcare Division

OASD(HA) Memo Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccination

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Memorandum on the availability of Tick-Borne Encephalitis vaccine.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 1/11/2023
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Tick-Borne Encephalitis

DoDI 1332.18: Disability Evaluation System (DES)

This instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for referral, evaluation, return to duty, separation, or retirement of Service members for disability

• Identification #: DoDI 1332.18
• Date: 11/10/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Warrior Care

Review of Policies to Eliminate Stigmatizing Language Related to Mental Health

This policy memo direct the heads of DOD Components to eliminate inaccurate, outdated, or inappropriate language that may contribute to mental health stigma in policy and guidance documents.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/7/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Memorandum: Implementation of Public Health Reform of the Military Health System

This memorandum directs implementation of the Military Health System (MHS) organizational reform required by 10 U.S.C. § 1073c, as amended. Effective immediately, the Department is taking the next significant steps toward making the Defense Health Agency (DHA) responsible for the operations of Public Health Centers and public health programs, further integrating the public health capabilities of the Armed Forces.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/31/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

TRICARE Retail Refund DOD Pricing Agreement

This agreement satisfies the requirement of TRICARE regulation (32 CFR 199.21(q)(2)(i)) for a manufacturer’s written agreement and for establishing refund procedures (32 CFR 199.21(q)(3)(i)).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/24/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: N/A

Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care

Memorandum for Senior Pentagon Leadership, Commanders of the Combatant Commands and Defense Health Agency Field Directors about Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care after the Supreme Court Ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/20/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Women's Health

Message to the Force on Comprehensive Contraceptive Access

Memorandum for Senior Pentagon Leadership, Commanders of the Combatant Commands and Defense Health Agency Field Activity Directors about access to comprehensive contraceptive care.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/5/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Women's Health

Clinical Guidance for MTFs in Response to 2022 Mpox Public Health Emergency

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/29/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Outpatient Rates Memo

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/23/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance

Consolidates and updates the Department’s guidance regarding vaccination verification, vaccination status, COVID-19 testing, surveillance and screening testing, personnel protection on-site mask requirements, (e.g., DHA military medical treatment facilities, meetings, travel), and the protection of personally identifiable information.

• Identification #: 22-006
• Date: 8/18/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: COVID-19

HITECH Act

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, abbreviated the HITECH Act, was enacted under Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/2/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Breach Prevention and Response

DOD Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund

This issuance establishes policy and assigns responsibilities pursuant to Chapter 56 of Title 10, United States Code, for the DoD Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund, referred to in this issuance as “the Fund.”

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/19/2022
• Type: Directives
• Topics: N/A

Individual Medical Readiness Program

This issuance: • Implements requirements in Sections 1074a, 10149, and 10206 of Title 10, United States Code. • Establishes policy, assigns responsibility, and provides procedures for individual medical readiness (IMR). • Establishes a total force medical readiness (TFMR) goal of 90 percent or higher for each Military Service and DOD Component. • Establishes a partially medically ready (PMR) goal of 15 percent or lower for the Active Component (AC) and 25 percent or lower for the Reserve Component (RC).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/13/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A