Military Health System

Background: Beneficiary Advisory Panel, December 16, 2005

Background for the December 16, 2005 Beneficiary Advisory Panel

Meeting Minutes: Beneficiary Advisory Panel, December 16, 2005

Meeting Minutes for the December 16, 2005 Beneficiary Advisory Panel

National Security Presidential Directive-44 on Reconstruction

• Identification #: 44
• Date: 12/7/2005
• Type: Directives
• Topics: Civil Military Medicine

Policy Guidance for Medical Deferral Pending Deployment to Theaters of Operation

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 12/6/2005
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: N/A

Training on Environmental Hazards

Section 736 of the NDAA for FY 2005

Nurse Triage and Health Care Information Line Services

House Report 108-491

Standards for Immunization Delivery at Basic Combat Training Posts

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

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/18/2005
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

P&T Meetings 2005

Cumulative Minutes from the DoD P&T Committee Meetings for 2005

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

• Identification #: 05-022
• Date: 11/8/2005
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Federal Register Notice: Beneficiary Advisory Panel, December 16, 2005

Federal Register Notice for the December 16, 2005 Beneficiary Advisory Panel, published November 2, 2005

2005 Adult Codebook and User's Guide (Q3)

This Codebook and User's Guide provides a tool for programmers and analysts to assist them in creating cross-tabulations and basic statistical estimates from the 2005 Adult Health Care Survey of DoD Beneficiaries (HCSDB).

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

• Identification #: 05-021
• Date: 10/28/2005
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Health Readiness Support Division

Third Party Collections

House Conference Report 108-622

HA 05-020: Policy for Cosmetic Surgery Procedures in the Military Health System

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 certification, and skill maintenance for certified specialists in plastic surgery, ears, nose and throat, ophthalmology, dermatology, and oral surgeries.

• Identification #: HA 05-020
• Date: 10/25/2005
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Transgender & Gender-Diverse Health Care Services

William Winkenwerder, Jr., M.D.

William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), testified on an overview of the Defense Health Program before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel.