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Enhanced Multi-Service Markets (eMSMs) are Multi-Service Markets identified by the Deputy Secretary of Defense in his March 2013 memorandum. These markets are provided with “enhanced” authorities that include the authority to manage the allocation of the budget for the market, direct the adoption of common clinical and business functions for the market, optimize readiness to deploy medically ready forces and ready medical forces, and direct the movement of workload and workforce between or among the medical treatment facilities. These authorities are effective October 1, 2013.
There are two distinguishing features of the enhanced Multi-Service Market:
- a single market manager, and
- a unified business performance plan.
Within each eMSM, an appointed market manager has the authority to:
- Manage the allocation of the budget for the market
- Direct common clinical and business functions for the market
- Direct the movement of workload and workforce among the medical treatment facilities
- Develop, execute and monitor the business performance plan
Within each eMSM, Market-based business performance plans will be:
- Fully-integrated across the entire market and will replace current MTF based business plans.
- Based on a 5-year planning cycle.
- Aligned with budget execution process.