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| Instruction | 6055.12 | Hearing Conservation Program | This issuance implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for administering a hearing conservation program to prevent hearing loss resulting from occupational and operational illness and injury; establishes the DoD Hearing Conservation Working Group; and, Issues requirements for the integration of noise control into the life cycle of DoD systems and equipment. | 11/22/2023 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6025.18 | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule Compliance in DOD Health Care Programs | This issuance, in accordance with the authority in DOD Directive 5124.02, establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for DOD compliance with federal law governing health information privacy and breach of privacy; integrating health information privacy and breach compliance with general information privacy and security requirements in accordance with federal law and DOD issuances; health information technology, system interoperability, and exchange of electronic health information, in relation to federal law governing health information privacy and breach; and DOD contracting and procurement activities in relation to federal law governing health information privacy and breach. | 03/13/2019 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6015.23 | Foreign Military Personnel Care and Uniform Business Offices in Military Treatment Facilities | This instruction reissues and renames DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6015.23 (Reference (a)), in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (b)), to establish policy, assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures on provisions in the delivery of health care at MTFs in the Military Health System (MHS) regarding foreign military personnel care, Uniform Business Offices (UBOs), beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators (BCAC), and debt collection assistance officers (DCAO). | 02/23/2015 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6025.22 | Assistive Technology for Wounded, Ill, and Injured Service Members | In accordance with the authority in DOD Directive (DODD) 5124.02 (Reference (a)), and section 561 of Public Law 109-364 (Reference (b)), similar to sections 794d and 3002 of Title 29, United States Code (Reference (c)), and in accordance with DOD Instruction (DODI) 1300.24 (Reference (d)), this instruction reissues DODI 6025.22 (Reference (e)) to: a. Establish policy, define terms, assign responsibilities, and provide procedures for establishing AT programs in coordination with the Military Health System (MHS) and the Recovery Coordination Program. b. Provide support for an interdependent AT system between the DOD Human Resources Activity’s (DODHRA) Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), the MHS, and the wounded warrior programs. The AT system will provide specific guidance to military treatment facilities (MTFs) and transition units to improve the delivery and quality of rehabilitative services to wounded, ill, and injured Service members in the active duty, Reserve, and National Guard components. | 01/30/2015 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6025.24 | Provision of Food and Beverages to Certain Uniformed Service Members, Former Members, and Dependents Not Receiving Inpatient Care in Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) | In accordance with the authority in DOD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), this instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction to provide food and beverages to certain uniformed service members, former members, and dependents not receiving inpatient care in MTFs, in accordance with the authority of section 1078b of Title 10, United States Code (Reference (b)), and guidance in DOD Instruction 1338.10 (Reference (c)) | 03/07/2014 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6025.20 | Medical Management Programs in the Direct Care System and Remote Areas | Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes uniform guidelines, procedures, and standards for the implementation of clinical case management (CM) in the Military Health System (MHS), for TRICARE beneficiaries including care of the wounded, ill, and injured (WII) in accordance with the authority in Reference (b) and DODI 1300.24 (Reference (f)). | 04/09/2013 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6015.17 | Military Health System Facility Portfolio Management | This instruction reissues and renames DOD Instruction 6015.17 (Reference (b)) to establish policy, assign responsibilities, provide guidance, and prescribe procedures for management of MHS facility assets throughout their life cycle. | 01/13/2012 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6025.23 | Health Care Eligibility Under the Secretarial Designee (SECDES) Program and Related Special Authorities | This instruction implements the requirement of section 2559 of Reference (b), that the United States receive reimbursement for inpatient health care provided in the United States to foreign military or diplomatic personnel or their dependents, except in certain cases covered by reciprocal health care agreements (RHCAs) between the DoD and a foreign country. | 09/16/2011 | DoD |
| Instruction | DODI 6025.18 | Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information in DOD Health Care Programs | Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for implementation of the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information in accordance with parts 160 and 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. | 12/02/2009 | DoD |
| Memorandum | Establishment of a TMA Privacy Board and Revision of Section C7.9.1 of Department of Defense Health Information Privacy Regulation | This Memorandum approves the request for an exception to the policy permitting the establishment and use of a TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) Privacy Board for the limited purpose of reviewing research requests in which the research involves MHS protected health information (PHI) owned and/or managed by TMA. | 04/13/2009 | Health Affairs | |
| Federal Regulation | 68 Fed. Reg. 17357-58 | 68 Fed. Reg. 17357-58 | Under 45 CFR part 164, "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information" and DOD 6025.18–R, "DOD Health Information Privacy Regulation" provisions are made to allow appropriate uses and disclosures of protected health information concerning members of the armed forces to assure the proper execution of the military mission, provided that the DOD publishes in the Federal Register a notice describing implementation of these provisions. This notice implements those provisions (refer to pages 17357-58). | 04/09/2003 | DoD |
| Memorandum | 97-019 | Off-Duty Employment by DOD Dental Care Providers | This is to clarify DOD policy that there is no conflict of interest with active duty military dentists "moonlighting" in the civilian sector as long as DOD requirements concerning off-duty employment by DOD health care practitioners (including Department of Defense Directive 6025.7) and applicable Service regulations are met. | 12/10/1996 | Health Affairs |
| Instruction | 6025.5 | Personal Services Contracts for Health Care Providers | This Instruction reissues this issuance to update the policy, responsibilities, and procedures for implementing the authority for PSCs for HCPs. | 01/06/1995 | DoD |
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