Policy on Changes in Services Provided at Medical and Dental Treatment Facilities

This memo delegates approval authority for the procurement of high cost medical equipment to the Surgeon General of the Military Service desiring to purchase the equipment.

This memorandum establishes policy for documentation in medical records of TRICARE Prime enrollees who call the Health Care Information Line and are directed to seek medical care.

This memorandum applies to the reconciliation of payments to military treatment facilities holding STS designation under the provisions of the referenced memorandum. The purpose of the reconciliation policy is to provide a framework to identify the source of funds and apply a consistent resource allocation process in response to shifting workload ...

The attached Combat Trauma Surgery Committee report was approved by each of your offices. Within this process, two noteworthy comments were presented; the Navy identified the need to identify a mechanism for record keeping and the OASD was concerned with the lack of inclusion of reference to the Reserve Components.

This memo provides vurrent policies and procedures for processing joint awards.

This policy is superceded by HA Policy dated 8 Dec. 8, 1999.

Defense Health Program Resource Reduction Policy

Policy for the MHSS Information Management/Information Technology Benefits Management Program

Policy for TRICARE Criminal History Background Checks

Revised Policy for Non-physician Health Care Provider Board Certified Pay

Policy for Billing Occupational Health or Workers' Compensation Cases for Department of Defense Employees in Military Treatment Facilities

Policy For External Peer Review For Defense Health Program Extramural Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

This policy has been rescinded.

This policy recognizes that we need to utilize scarce active duty and DOD civilian resources in our core patient care competencies.