Title 10, United States Code, Section 2121, paragraph (d), directs the Secretary of Defense to annually adjust the amount of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program and Financial Assistance Program (AFHPSP/FAP) stipend. Effective July 1, 2013, the monthly stipend for the F. Edward Hebert AFHPSP/FAP participants for the Fiscal Year 2013 ...

This memorandum describes the subject of how interoperability between Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health records is essential to enabling this continuity. DOD is committed to the seamless transfer of electronic health records between DOD and VA.

This memorandum updates reimbursement rates for medical services funded by the Military Departments provided at Department of Defense deployed/non-fixed medical facilities for foreign nationals covered under Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements.

This document provides guidance and best practices for the chemoprophylaxis (use of medication to prevent malaria) of Service members serving in malaria endemic regions.

Department of Defense laboratories participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored Laboratory Response Network (LRN) do so with the approval and support of their respective Military Department Surgeons General.

Chiropractic services may now be added at military treatment facilities that do not offer the service, subject to Military Department approval procedures and available funding. This change recognizes several requests from MTFs to add chiropractic services and the incorporation of chiropractic care in various pain management programs. Each Military ...

This memorandum directs implementation of the Military Health System (MHS) governance reform outlined in my memorandum of March 2, 2012, "Planning for Reform of the Governance of the Military Health System," and affirmed by section 731 ofthe National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013.

The attached document contains the Department of Defense Uniform Business Office Revised Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Direct Care Inpatient Billing Rates.

In order to facilitate the expansion of telemedicine services in the Military Health System, this memorandum waives selective provisions of Department of Defense 602S.13-R, "Clinical Quality Assurance in the Military Health System," June 11 , 2004. This waiver is conditioned on the specific provisions of this memorandum, and shall remain in effect, ...

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This memorandum clarifies the procedures under title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 199.24(d)(3) for suspending TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) coverage for up to 12 months and, upon request from a TRS member/survivor request, lifting the suspension, which will reinstate coverage with no break.