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MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE

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Purpose of this chapter

Definitions

Administration of this chapter

Contracts for health care: best value contracting

Recurring reports and publication of certain data

Administration of Defense Health Agency and military medical treatment facilities

Military medical treatment facilities

Medical and dental care for members and certain former members

Medical and dental care: members on duty other than active duty for a period of more than 30 days

Medical and dental care: Academy cadets and midshipmen; members of, and designated applicants for membership in, Senior ROTC

Medical care: authority to provide a wig

Certain primary and preventive health care services

Medical care: certain Reserves who served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf Conflict

Medical tracking system for members deployed overseas

Pharmacy benefits program

Medical and dental care: medal of honor recipients; dependents

Reimbursement for certain travel expenses

Sub-acute care program

Long-term care insurance

Notification to Congress of hospitalization of combat wounded members

Mental health assessments for members of the armed forces deployed in support of a contingency operation

Annual mental health assessments for members of the armed forces

Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members

TRICARE Select

TRICARE Prime: cost sharing

Medical and dental care for dependents: general rule

TRICARE dental program

Dental insurance plan: certain retirees and their surviving spouses and other dependents

TRICARE program: TRICARE Reserve Select coverage for members of the Selected Reserve

TRICARE program: TRICARE Retired Reserve coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve who are qualified for a non-regular retirement but are not yet age 60

TRICARE program: extension of coverage for certain members of the National Guard and dependents during certain disaster response duty

Medical care for dependents: authorized care in facilities of uniformed services

Access to military medical treatment facilities and other facilities

Medical and dental care for dependents: charges

Continued health benefits coverage

Provision of food to certain members and dependents not receiving inpatient care in military medical treatment facilities

Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: plans

TRICARE program: treatment of refunds and other amounts collected

Procedures for charging fees for care provided to civilians; retention and use of fees collected

Provisional coverage for emerging services and supplies

Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: election of facilities

Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: review and adjustment of payments

Contracts for health care: advisory committees

Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: additional hospitalization

Determinations of dependency

Medical and dental care from another executive department: reimbursement

Contracts for health benefits for certain members, former members, and their dependents

Certain former spouses: extension of period of eligibility for health benefits

Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense

Programing facilities for certain members, former members, and their dependents in construction projects of the uniformed services

Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence

Defense of certain suits arising out of medical malpractice

Identifying and treating drug and alcohol dependence

Commanding officer and supervisor referrals of members for mental health evaluations

Personal services contracts

Studies and demonstration projects relating to delivery of health and medical care

Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data

Performance of abortions: restrictions

Licensure requirement for health-care professionals

Continuing medical education requirements: system for monitoring physician compliance

Health care services incurred on behalf of covered beneficiaries: collection from third-party payers

Medical care: members held as captives and their dependents

TRICARE program: contractor payment of certain claims

TRICARE program: facilitation of processing of claims

TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles

TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators

TRICARE program: referrals and preauthorizations under TRICARE Prime

TRICARE program: waiver of recoupment of erroneous payments caused by administrative error

Military-civilian health services partnership program

Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care

TRICARE Prime: automatic enrollments; payment options

TRICARE program: financial management

TRICARE program: relationship with employer-sponsored group health plans

TRICARE program: notice of change to benefits

Incentives for participation in cost-effective health care plans

Health care enrollment system

Defense Health Program Account

Resource allocation methods: capitation or diagnosis-related groups

Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records: qualified immunity for participants

Contracts for medical and dental care: State and local preemption

Sharing of health-care resources with the Department of Veterans Affairs

Specialized treatment facility program

Submittal of claims: standard form; time limits

Notice of use of an investigational new drug or a drug unapproved for its applied use

Emergency use products

Health care coverage through Federal Employees Health Benefits program: demonstration project

Organ and tissue donor program

Anthrax vaccine immunization program; procedures for exemptions and monitoring reactions

Notification of certain individuals regarding options for enrollment under Medicare part B

TRICARE program: extension of dependent coverage