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Connotes activities, operations, organizations, etc. in which elements of two or more Military Departments participate.
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A tool used by more than 90 percent of America’s health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. Altogether, HEDIS consists of 75 measures across 8 domains of care. Because so many plans collect HEDIS ...
The DoD Service Specific Wounded Warrior Program recovery care coordinator (RCC) serves as the recovering Service members’ (RSM) non-medical point of contact on the multidisciplinary recovery team (RT) to help the RSM define and meet ...
Links area Tri-Service facilities in a given TRICARE area to form an integrated network under one health plan to optimize healthcare delivery.
A healthcare professional that uses a collaborative approach in identifying patient and disease specific education and care needs, to provide comprehensive, patient-centered, proactive strategies promoting prevention, health, and wellness ...
Systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate healthcare for specific clinical circumstances. CPGs define the role of specific diagnostic and treatment modalities in the diagnosis and ...
A joint program of DoD and VA designed to assist severely wounded, ill, and injured (WII) post 9/11 Service members, veterans, and their families with access to care, services, and benefits provided through the various programs in DoD, VA, ...
The ultimate goal for the Military Health System (MHS), the MHS Quadruple Aim, represents the MHS leadership’s commitment to delivering value to all they serve and is aligned with the MHS strategic goals and value proposition to ...
Master's prepared registered nurses (RN) or licensed clinical social workers (SW) who is assigned to a severely WII Service member and veteran. The federal recovery coordinator (FRC) is stationed at either at a military treatment facilities ...
Hospitals and clinics that are operated by military medical personnel.
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Civilian hospitals or clinics or physician or provider offices where healthcare is provided to TRICARE beneficiaries.
A DoD a non-paid federal government internship for RSMs on active duty.
A VA civilian that provides and coordinates a wide range of rehabilitation counseling and case management services to recovering Service member (RSMs), veterans with disabilities, and other eligible individuals.
A team of personnel that provides individual support to an RSM. Each Service defines its respective RTs. RT members include but are not limited to: Recovery care coordinator. Medical case manager. Non-medical case manager. Transition ...
Also known as “transition,” it is a process that may include leaving military service by way of discharge, separation or retirement, or release from active duty.
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