The Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) National Capital Region (NCR) Medical Directorate exercises authority, direction, and control over:
The NCR Medical Directorate also exercises enhanced Multi-Service Market (eMSM) authorities over these DHA facilities and Naval Health Clinic Quantico and its subordinate Washington Navy Yard Branch Health Clinic; Naval Health Clinic Annapolis, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center and its subordinate Andrew Rader Army Health Clinic and Fort McNair Army Health Clinic; and Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic and Surgery Center (779th Medical Group), and its subordinate Pentagon Flight Clinic; and Bolling Clinic (579th Medical Group).
National Capital Region Functions
- Create value through excellence in healthcare services that are responsive to the needs and convenience of all patients and their families.
- Expand Wounded Warrior care best practices to all beneficiary populations through comprehensive, multidisciplinary family-centered health services that are respectful of their choices.
- Enhance patient safety and quality management.
- Provide patient with access to care anywhere in the market, regardless of enrollment site.
- Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of world-class military healthcare within the NCR using all available military health care resources;
- Oversee, manage, and direct all health care delivery by military medical units within the NCR; oversee, manage, and distribute resources to military health care assets within the NCR;
- Establish an Integrated Delivery System to provide patient-centric, integrated care with patient and family involvement;
- Develop and maintain interagency and private partnerships;
- Continue to focus on health education, training and research;
- Ensure medical readiness and operational support;