Protection of Human Subjects in Department of Defense Sponsored Research

Questions have arisen concerning the requirement for military treatment facilities (MTFs) to provide medications prescribed by MTF providers. This requirement has commonly been referred to as the "You write it, you fill it" policy.

Post-Deployment Health Reassessment

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act National Provider Identifier Enumeration Policy for Military Health System Individual (Type 1) Health Care Providers

Coordination of Policy to Establish a Joint Theater Trauma Registry

The Department ofDefense was directed to establish an effective, efficient, integrated pharmacy benefits program for the Military Health System, to include a Uniform Formulary of pharmaceutical agents.

Amendment to the Policy of Implementing Payments of Incentive Special Pay for Nurse Anesthetists for Fiscal Year 2004 Retroactive to October 1, 2004

Termination of Subsistence Surcharge for Uniformed Services Personnel in Military Treatment Facilities

This Memorandum of Agreement provides the conditions, stipulations, and responsibilities of each party to support a cooperative separation process that will meet the needs of VA disability compensation evaluation and DoD separation/retirement assessment.

Designation of Protocols as "Contingency Investigational New Drug Protocols for Force Health Protection." This policy supercedes HA Policy 03-003.

This letter outlines HIPAA Security responsibilities for Service specific policy and procedure development and implementation. A Service Headquarters level HIPAA Security Official in each Service is needed.

This letter outlines the roles of the HIPAA Security Official at the TRICARE Regional Offices. This person oversees all ongoing activities related to the development, implementation, and maintenance of the organization’s policies and procedures covering the security of electronic patient information.

This letter outlines the requirements for Medical Treatment Facility and Dental Treatment Facility (MTF/DTF) personnel to be assigned the responsibility of managing and supervising the execution and use of security measures to protect data as well as the responsibility of managing and supervising the conduct of personnel in relation to those measures.

Policy for Implementing Payments of the Nurse Officer Accession Bonus and Incentive Special Pay for Nurse Anesthetists for Fiscal Year 2005