Retirement of eLearning Systems

This document addresses the retirement of eLearning systems and the adoption of Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) as the enterprise learning management system of choice.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 12/18/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

ICD-10 Policy Memo

This policy memorandum establishes the MHS commitment to the new implementation date of 1 October 2015 for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th (ICD-10) Revision.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 11/14/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction: Post-Deployment Policy for 21-day Controlled Monitoring

• Identification #: CJCSI 4220.01
• Date: 11/10/2014
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Pandemic Diseases, Ebola, Operation United Assistance, Military Medical Information on Ebola, Information for Military Families

Pre-Deployment, Deployment, and Post-Deployment Training, Screening, and Monitoring Guidance for Department of Defense Personnel Deployed to Ebola Outbreak Areas

Department of Defense (DoD) personnel (Service members and civilian employees)deployed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defined Ebola outbreak areas will complete pre and post-deployment screening and training requirements outlined in this memorandum and supplemented by United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) guidance.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/31/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Ebola, Conditions and Treatments, Pandemic Diseases, Information for Military Families, Military Medical Information on Ebola

Air Force Instruction 44-176: Access to Care Continuum

This publication implements AFPD 44-1, Medical Operations. It provides guidance and procedures for Access to Care (ATC) operations within the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS). It establishes the roles, responsibilities, definitions and requirements for implementing, sustaining and managing ATC for AFMS Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/30/2014
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Access to Health Care, Patient Satisfaction and Access

Army OTSG/MEDCOM Policy Memo 14-085: Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)

This policy memo provides standardized definitions, standardized guidelines for insertion and maintenance fo urinary catheters, and standardized processes for data collection and reporting of CAUTIs.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/23/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety

Detecting and Reporting DoD Cases of Ebola Virus Disease Infection

Guidance as of 17 OCT 2014 from the Department of Defese (AFHSC)for Detecting and Reporting DoD Cases of Ebola Virus Disease Infection

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/17/2014
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: Health Readiness, Pandemic Diseases, Ebola, Information for Healthcare Workers

Army OTSG/MEDCOM Policy Memo 14-083: Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

This policy memorandum directs Commanders to incorporate health care delivered to patients placed on ventilators at the patient's bedside whose measures that have been shown to prevent or reduce VAP as described in the current scientific literature.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/17/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety, Patient Safety

DoD Instruction 7750.7: DoD Forms Management Program

This instruction establish policies, assign responsibilities, and provides procedures governing the DoD Forms Management Program in accordance with Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 44, United States Code, Title 5, CFR,and Title 36, CFR.

• Identification #: NUMBER 7750.07
• Date: 10/10/2014
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: MHS Patient Satisfaction Surveys, Conducting Health Care Surveys in the DoD

FY 2015 Direct Care Inpatient Billing Rates Update

The attached document contains the Department of Defense Uniform Business Office Revised Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Direct Care Inpatient Billing Rates.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 10/10/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

ASD HA Memorandum 14-022 Policy Memorandum to Establish 2015 Premium Rates for the TRICARE Young Adult Program

TRICARE Young Adult (TYA) premium rates are established annually on a calendar year (CY) basis in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, Section 111Ob and Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 199.26. TYA monthly premiums for CY 2015 shall be the rates listed in this document.

• Identification #: 14-022
• Date: 9/17/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: TRICARE Health Program, Access, Cost, Quality, and Safety

Memorandum: Medical Billing Rates for Other than Foreign Military Personnel - 2014

This memorandum establishes medical billing rates for contractors deploying with the U.S. Armed Forces, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians (both U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens, both essential and nonessential, both paid by appropriated funds and non-appropriated funds), media embedded in U.S. Armed Forces' units, insurers of Military Health System beneficiaries, civilian emergencies, and others who receive medical care from a deployed/non-fixed medical facility.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 9/15/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Radioactive Materials Management

This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 40-2, Radioactive Materials (Non-Nuclear Weapons) IAW Title 42 of the United States Code (42 U.S.C.), Chapter 23, Development and Control of Atomic Energy; Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Chapter I Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the conditions of the US Air Force Master Materials License (MML) issued by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and managed by the US Air Force Radioisotope Committee (RIC).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 9/14/2014
• Type: Directives
• Topics: N/A

Designation of a DHA HIPAA Privacy Officer and HIPAA Security Officer

This Policy Statement establishes policy and details the core tenets of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules at DHA for the use, disclosure, and protection of protected health information (PHI).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 9/2/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: HIPAA Compliance within the MHS, How HIPAA Protects You

Education and Training Shared Services

This document addresses the establishment of education and training as a Shared Service and the concept of operations.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 8/29/2014
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A