Military Health System Optimization Plan

摘要

The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and the Director, TRICARE Management Activity, in conjunction with the Deputy Surgeons General, created and staffed the Military Health System Reengineering Coordination Team. The team was created to support development of a comprehensive and integrated health services delivery system. Facility optimization became the central focus of the Military Health System reengineering effort. The approach included developing a tri-Service readiness model to determine minimum staffing levels, distribution of staffing based on Military Department models and priorities, and development of a tri-Service enrollment model that would optimize enrollment and maximize services performed by the military treatment facility. The purpose of the Military Health System Optimization Plan is twofold: realign the staffing and resource allocation with the mission of the Military Health System, and optimize the effectiveness and cost efficiency of staffing and resources to deliver health care for the maximum number of beneficiaries. The Military Health System Optimization Plan, in concept, would improve the efficiency of the Military Health System.