Military Health System

TRICARE Retail Refund DoD Pricing Agreement

This agreement satisfies the requirement of TRICARE regulation (32 CFR 199.21(q)(2)(i)) for a manufacturer’s written agreement and for establishing refund procedures (32 CFR 199.21(q)(3)(i)).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 9/28/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: N/A

Outpatient Rates Memo

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/23/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance

Consolidates and updates the Department’s guidance regarding vaccination verification, vaccination status, COVID-19 testing, surveillance and screening testing, personnel protection on-site mask requirements, (e.g., DHA military medical treatment facilities, meetings, travel), and the protection of personally identifiable information.

• Identification #: 22-006
• Date: 8/18/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Coronavirus & the MHS Response

HITECH Act

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, abbreviated the HITECH Act, was enacted under Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/2/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Breach Prevention and Response

DOD Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund

This issuance establishes policy and assigns responsibilities pursuant to Chapter 56 of Title 10, United States Code, for the DoD Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund, referred to in this issuance as “the Fund.”

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/19/2022
• Type: Directives
• Topics: N/A

Individual Medical Readiness Program

This issuance: • Implements requirements in Sections 1074a, 10149, and 10206 of Title 10, United States Code. • Establishes policy, assigns responsibility, and provides procedures for individual medical readiness (IMR). • Establishes a total force medical readiness (TFMR) goal of 90 percent or higher for each Military Service and DOD Component. • Establishes a partially medically ready (PMR) goal of 15 percent or lower for the Active Component (AC) and 25 percent or lower for the Reserve Component (RC).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/13/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

DHA-IPM 20-004: Department of Defense (DOD) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Implementation

Establishes the Defense Health Agency’s procedures to implement instructions, assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for the DHA’s implementation of the DOD’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program.

• Identification #: DHA-IPM 20-004
• Date: 6/16/2022
• Type: DHA Interim Procedures Memorandum
• Topics: Coronavirus & the MHS Response | COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Supplement 1 to Immunizations and Chemoprophylaxis for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 6/16/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Japanese Encephalitis | Vaccine Recommendations by AOR

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management Policy

It is DHA policy to ensure that no applicant for employment or employee of the DHA is denied equal opportunity because of race; color; religion; sex, (including pregnancy, sex stereotyping, gender expression, gender identity, or transgender status); national origin; sexual orientation; age; physical/mental disability; protected genetic information; status as a parent; marital or military status; political affiliation; reprisal for opposing discrimination, participation in the EEO process, or any other non-merit-based factor.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 4/28/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Use of Dietary Supplements in the DOD

This issuance: • Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for dietary supplement education and use throughout the DOD. • Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for administering the DOD Operation Supplement Safety (OPSS) Program and OPSS Advisory Board.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 3/9/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

Continuing Implementation for Reform of the Military Health System

This memorandum directs the continued implementation of the Military Health System organizational reform required by law, extending the authority, direction and control of all military hospitals and clinics not currently under Defense Health Agency authority to the DHA, to include military hospitals and clinics in overseas areas.

• Identification #: OSD 001285-22
• Date: 2/24/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: DHA Health Care Market Structure | Defense Health Agency Region Europe | Defense Health Agency Region Indo-Pacific

DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures

This instruction assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures to carry out the responsibilities of the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) during peacetime, contingency, and wartime operations.

• Identification #: DoD Instruction 6480.04
• Date: 1/7/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Armed Services Blood Program

HIPAA Compliant Business Associate Agreement

The HIPAA Compliant Business Associate Agreement complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, Breach and Enforcement Rules (HIPAA Rules).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 1/6/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Privacy Contract Language | How HIPAA Protects You | HIPAA Compliance within the MHS | Data Sharing Agreements

PATCAT Table v8.0

Updated PATCAT Table

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/24/2021
• Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
• Topics: N/A

PATCAT Table v8

Version 8 of PATCAT Table

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/15/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

TRICARE Retail Refund DoD Pricing Agreement

This agreement satisfies the requirement of TRICARE regulation (32 CFR 199.21(q)(2)(i)) for a manufacturer’s written agreement and for establishing refund procedures (32 CFR 199.21(q)(3)(i)).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 9/28/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: N/A

Outpatient Rates Memo

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/23/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Consolidated Department of Defense Coronavirus Disease 2019 Force Health Protection Guidance

Consolidates and updates the Department’s guidance regarding vaccination verification, vaccination status, COVID-19 testing, surveillance and screening testing, personnel protection on-site mask requirements, (e.g., DHA military medical treatment facilities, meetings, travel), and the protection of personally identifiable information.

• Identification #: 22-006
• Date: 8/18/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Coronavirus & the MHS Response

HITECH Act

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, abbreviated the HITECH Act, was enacted under Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/2/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Breach Prevention and Response

DOD Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund

This issuance establishes policy and assigns responsibilities pursuant to Chapter 56 of Title 10, United States Code, for the DoD Medicare Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund, referred to in this issuance as “the Fund.”

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/19/2022
• Type: Directives
• Topics: N/A

Individual Medical Readiness Program

This issuance: • Implements requirements in Sections 1074a, 10149, and 10206 of Title 10, United States Code. • Establishes policy, assigns responsibility, and provides procedures for individual medical readiness (IMR). • Establishes a total force medical readiness (TFMR) goal of 90 percent or higher for each Military Service and DOD Component. • Establishes a partially medically ready (PMR) goal of 15 percent or lower for the Active Component (AC) and 25 percent or lower for the Reserve Component (RC).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/13/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

DHA-IPM 20-004: Department of Defense (DOD) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Implementation

Establishes the Defense Health Agency’s procedures to implement instructions, assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for the DHA’s implementation of the DOD’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program.

• Identification #: DHA-IPM 20-004
• Date: 6/16/2022
• Type: DHA Interim Procedures Memorandum
• Topics: Coronavirus & the MHS Response | COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Supplement 1 to Immunizations and Chemoprophylaxis for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 6/16/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Japanese Encephalitis | Vaccine Recommendations by AOR

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management Policy

It is DHA policy to ensure that no applicant for employment or employee of the DHA is denied equal opportunity because of race; color; religion; sex, (including pregnancy, sex stereotyping, gender expression, gender identity, or transgender status); national origin; sexual orientation; age; physical/mental disability; protected genetic information; status as a parent; marital or military status; political affiliation; reprisal for opposing discrimination, participation in the EEO process, or any other non-merit-based factor.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 4/28/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Use of Dietary Supplements in the DOD

This issuance: • Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for dietary supplement education and use throughout the DOD. • Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for administering the DOD Operation Supplement Safety (OPSS) Program and OPSS Advisory Board.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 3/9/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

Continuing Implementation for Reform of the Military Health System

This memorandum directs the continued implementation of the Military Health System organizational reform required by law, extending the authority, direction and control of all military hospitals and clinics not currently under Defense Health Agency authority to the DHA, to include military hospitals and clinics in overseas areas.

• Identification #: OSD 001285-22
• Date: 2/24/2022
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: DHA Health Care Market Structure | Defense Health Agency Region Europe | Defense Health Agency Region Indo-Pacific

DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures

This instruction assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures to carry out the responsibilities of the Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) during peacetime, contingency, and wartime operations.

• Identification #: DoD Instruction 6480.04
• Date: 1/7/2022
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Armed Services Blood Program

HIPAA Compliant Business Associate Agreement

The HIPAA Compliant Business Associate Agreement complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, Breach and Enforcement Rules (HIPAA Rules).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 1/6/2022
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Privacy Contract Language | How HIPAA Protects You | HIPAA Compliance within the MHS | Data Sharing Agreements

PATCAT Table v8.0

Updated PATCAT Table

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/24/2021
• Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
• Topics: N/A

PATCAT Table v8

Version 8 of PATCAT Table

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/15/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A