This report, prepared by the RAND Corporation, provides a comparison of TRICARE's current applied behavior analysis benefit with Medicaid and commercial benefits. The comparison includes reimbursement rates, copayments and annual caps.

A monthly publication of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. This issue of the peer-reviewed journal contains the following articles: Obstructive sleep apnea and associated attrition, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2004–May 2016; Update: Cold weather injuries, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, July 2011–June ...

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of December 31, 2015. WHO declared Guinea Ebola transmission-free on 29 DEC after 42 days with no new cases; the country began a 90-day period of heightened surveillance. Liberia began its latest countdown to transmission-free status on 3 DEC and could reach 42 days on or about 14 JAN 2016. ...

Global Influenza Summary: Dec. 26, 2015

Seasonal Influenza Summary: Dec. 22, 2015

DOD Approps for FY 2015, Joint Explanatory Statement Pg. 100

This is a biosurveillance summary of Chikungunya as of December 21, 2015. As of 18 DEC, PAHO has reported 643,912 suspected, probable or confirmed cases (+26,945 since our last update) and 77 (+7) deaths in the Americas in 2015.

Global Influenza Summary: Dec. 19, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of December 17, 2015. According to WHO’s 16 DEC situation report, no new confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported in West Africa during the week ending 13 DEC. The last confirmed cases were identified on 20 NOV when Liberia reported a cluster of three EVD cases in one family in ...

Seasonal Influenza Summary: Dec. 16, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of Global MERS-CoV Surveillance, as reported by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch: December 16, 2015. As of 16 DEC, 1,702 (+1) cases of Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been reported including 641 deaths in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates ...

In this annual report, you will see that the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center continued to make significant strides in supporting public health surveillance for the Department of Defense to maintain the health and readiness of its forces, and contribute to the global health security of its allies.

Global Influenza Summary: Dec. 12, 2015

This is a biosurveillance summary of West Africa Ebola as of December 10, 2015. According to WHO’s 9 DEC situation report, no new confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported in West Africa during the week ending 6 DEC. The last confirmed cases were identified on 20 NOV when Liberia reported a cluster of three EVD cases in a family of six ...

Update: Deployment Health Assessments, U.S. Armed Forces, December 2015 report. Since January 2003, peaks and troughs in the monthly numbers of pre- and post – deployment health assessment forms transmitted to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch generally corresponded to times of departure and return of large numbers of deployers. Between ...