Military Health System

AHOBPR Information for Patient Facing Staff and Health Care Providers

Memo about a notification sent by mail to Service members who are eligible for the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry in March 2020.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 7/1/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Environmental Exposures | Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

Army Directive 2021-22 (Army Service by Transgender Persons and Persons With Gender Dysphoria)

This directive implements Army and Department of Defense (DOD) policy changes to the standards for retention, separation, in-service transition, and medical care of transgender personnel, as well as the accession of individuals with gender dysphoria. This directive supersedes all previous guidance regarding transgender service, including Army Directive 2016-30.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 6/22/2021
• Type: Directives
• Topics: N/A

Interim Guidance For Service Of Transgender Navy Personnel

This NAVADMIN provides interim guidance in line with reference (c) for policy, regulations and procedures related to the service of transgender Navy personnel, in anticipation of an update to reference (e). This policy applies to Navy military personnel, including those serving in the Reserve Component (RC)

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 6/3/2021
• Type: Guidelines
• Topics: N/A

Medical Logistics Guidance for the DoD Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program

Establishes the DHA's procedures for ordering, receiving, and managing COVID-19 Vaccines inventory and ancillary kits for enduring COVID-19 support.

• Identification #: 6025.01
• Date: 5/10/2021
• Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
• Topics: COVID-19

DAFPM 2021-36-01, Accessions and In-service Transition for Persons Identifying as Transgender

This Department of the Air Force (DAFPM) Policy Memorandum immediately establishes specific Air Force and Space Force policy and provides guidance associated with the accession and in-service transition of Service members identifying as transgender. Compliance with this memorandum is mandatory. To the extent the memorandum’s directions are inconsistent with other DAF publications, the information herein prevails, in accordance with Department of the Air Force Instruction 33-360, Publications and Forms Management.

• Identification #: DAFPM 2021-36-01
• Date: 4/30/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

DODI 1300.28 In-Service Transition for Transgender Service Members

This issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures: • Regarding the process by which Service members may transition gender while serving. • For changing a Service member’s gender marker in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). • For medical care for Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) transgender Service members.

• Identification #: DOD INSTRUCTION 1300.28
• Date: 4/30/2021
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

DODI 6015.24 DOD Graduate Medical Education Program

This Instruction implements policy, assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures under references (a) and (b) to close a GME program when a determination is made by the Services that such a program is no longer needed.

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 4/9/2021
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

TAB A MEO COVID19 Medical Coding Policy

Memorandum for DHA Staff - Military Medical Treatment Facilities to Implement Updated DHA COVID-19 Medical Coding Policy

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 3/25/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: COVID-19

DHA COVID19 Medical Coding PolicyV5 1v

Establishes the DHA procedures to standardize the coding for Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) within military medical treatment facilities (MTFs). This memorandum replaces DHA-Policy Memorandum 20-003 of July 1, 2020. Attachment 1 was updated to include the 2021 procedure and diagnosis codes for COVID-19, including the new vaccination and treatment codes.

• Identification #: 20-003
• Date: 3/25/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: COVID-19

2020 Billing Rates for Care Provided to Foreign Nationals

This memorandum updates reimbursement rates for medical services funded by the Military Departments (MLLDEPs) and provided at Department of Defense (DOD) deployed/nonfixed medical facilities to foreign nationals covered under Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSAs).

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 3/10/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: Rates and Reimbursement

Reasonable Accommodation for Individuals with Disabilities Policy

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 1/26/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria 2021

On January 25, 2021, the President signed an Executive Order entitled, "Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform," allowing all transgender individuals who wish to serve in the U.S. military and can meet the appropriate standards be able to do so openly and free from discrimination. The Military Health System will continue to provide MEDICALLY NECESSARY care for active-duty transgender Service members.

• Identification #: DOD INSTRUCTION 1300.28
• Date: 1/25/2021
• Type: Instructions
• Topics: N/A

Guidance for Implementation of the Postpartum Hemorrhage Bundle (PPHB)

Establishes the DHA's procedures for military medical treatment facilities providing obstetrical (OB) care to implement standardized PPHB practices.

• Identification #: 6025.35
• Date: 1/22/2021
• Type: DHA Procedural Instruction
• Topics: Clinical Improvement Priorities for MTF Providers | Postpartum Hemorrhage

Right to File a Complaint of Discrimination Policy

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 1/22/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management Policy

• Identification #: N/A
• Date: 1/15/2021
• Type: Memorandums
• Topics: N/A