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PATCAT Table v8.0

Policy

Updated PATCAT Table

Identification #: N/A
Date: 11/24/2021
Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
Topics: N/A

PATCAT Table v8

Policy

Version 8 of PATCAT Table

Identification #: N/A
Date: 11/15/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: N/A

Warrior Care Month Recognition

Policy

Join me in recognizing Warrior Care Month, an important Department-wide effort to increase awareness of programs and resources available to wounded, ill, and injured Service members, as well as their families, caregivers, and others who support them. Established in 2008, the annual Warrior Care Month recognition occurs each November. The theme of this year's observance is "Virtual Show of Strength."

Identification #: N/A
Date: 11/9/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: Warrior Care – A Show of Strength | Warrior Care

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Attestation, Screening Testing, and Vaccination Verification

Policy

This memorandum provides guidance on the implementation of vaccination, attestation, and testing requirements in accordance with the References listed in Attachment 1 to reduce the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Identification #: 21-004
Date: 11/3/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: Coronavirus & the MHS Response | COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

Shelf-Life Extension Program

Policy

Establishes the DHA procedures to manage and provide guidance on the SLEP within the Military Health System and contingency operations.

Identification #: 6430.05
Date: 10/5/2021
Type: DHA Procedures Manual
Topics: Shelf Life Extension Program

Memorandum to Establish 2022 Premium Rates

Policy

Policy Memorandum to Establish 2022 Premium Rates for TRICARE Reserve Select, TRICARE Retired Reserve, TRICARE Young Adult, and the Continued Health Care Benefit Program

Identification #: N/A
Date: 8/17/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: Information for Patients: About TRICARE | Rates and Reimbursement

AHOBPR Information for Patient Facing Staff and Health Care Providers

Policy

Memo about a notification sent by mail to Service members who are eligible for the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry in March 2020.

Identification #: N/A
Date: 7/1/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: Environmental Exposures | Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

Army Directive 2021-22 (Army Service by Transgender Persons and Persons With Gender Dysphoria)

Policy

This directive implements Army and Department of Defense (DOD) policy changes to the standards for retention, separation, in-service transition, and medical care of transgender personnel, as well as the accession of individuals with gender dysphoria. This directive supersedes all previous guidance regarding transgender service, including Army Directive 2016-30.

Identification #: N/A
Date: 6/22/2021
Type: Directives
Topics: Transgender Health Care Services

Interim Guidance For Service Of Transgender Navy Personnel

Policy

This NAVADMIN provides interim guidance in line with reference (c) for policy, regulations and procedures related to the service of transgender Navy personnel, in anticipation of an update to reference (e). This policy applies to Navy military personnel, including those serving in the Reserve Component (RC)

Identification #: N/A
Date: 6/3/2021
Type: Guidelines
Topics: Transgender Health Care Services

Medical Logistics Guidance for the DoD Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program

Policy

Establishes the DHA's procedures for ordering, receiving, and managing COVID-19 Vaccines inventory and ancillary kits for enduring COVID-19 support.

Identification #: 6025.01
Date: 5/10/2021
Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
Topics: COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts | Coronavirus & the MHS Response

DAFPM 2021-36-01, Accessions and In-service Transition for Persons Identifying as Transgender

Policy

This Department of the Air Force (DAFPM) Policy Memorandum immediately establishes specific Air Force and Space Force policy and provides guidance associated with the accession and in-service transition of Service members identifying as transgender. Compliance with this memorandum is mandatory. To the extent the memorandum’s directions are inconsistent with other DAF publications, the information herein prevails, in accordance with Department of the Air Force Instruction 33-360, Publications and Forms Management.

Identification #: DAFPM 2021-36-01
Date: 4/30/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: N/A

DODI 1300.28 In-Service Transition for Transgender Service Members

Policy

This issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures: • Regarding the process by which Service members may transition gender while serving. • For changing a Service member’s gender marker in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). • For medical care for Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) transgender Service members.

Identification #: DOD INSTRUCTION 1300.28
Date: 4/30/2021
Type: Instructions
Topics: Transgender Health Care Services

DODI 6015.24 DOD Graduate Medical Education Program

Policy

This Instruction implements policy, assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures under references (a) and (b) to close a GME program when a determination is made by the Services that such a program is no longer needed.

Identification #: N/A
Date: 4/9/2021
Type: Instructions
Topics: N/A

TAB A MEO COVID19 Medical Coding Policy

Policy

Memorandum for DHA Staff - Military Medical Treatment Facilities to Implement Updated DHA COVID-19 Medical Coding Policy

Identification #: N/A
Date: 3/25/2021
Type: Memorandums
Topics: Coronavirus & the MHS Response

DHA COVID19 Medical Coding PolicyV5 1v

Policy

Establishes the DHA procedures to standardize the coding for Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) within military medical treatment facilities (MTFs). This memorandum replaces DHA-Policy Memorandum 20-003 of July 1, 2020. Attachment 1 was updated to include the 2021 procedure and diagnosis codes for COVID-19, including the new vaccination and treatment codes.