The Economics of Air Force Medical Service ReadinessThe Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) currently runs three in-theater hospitals for severely injured or wounded personnel. Part of the practioners' preparation was treating DoD beneficiaries for a broad range of injuries and illnesses. Opportunities for this preparation are not as numerous "in house" as they once were, and AFMS does not always get proper credit for those gained elsewhere. Proper credit for that work is important for funding. |
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Summary | |
Local Military Treatment Facility Reimbursements | |
Workloads | |
Summary | |
Options Available for Recapturing and Expanding | |
Maintaining Clinical Currency of Providers | |
Assign Air Force Providers to Shared or Joint | |
Increase Reliance on the Air National Guard | |
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B Readiness FullTime Equivalents by Service | |
MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Fund | |
Labor and Labor Costs | |
Summary | |
Decline in the Number and Availability of Air Force Medical | |
Bibliography | |
Other editions - View all
The Economics of Air Force Medical Service Readiness John C. Graser,Daniel Blum,Kevin Brancato Limited preview - 2010 |
The Economics of Air Force Medical Service Readiness John C. Graser,Daniel Blum,Kevin Brancato,James J. Burks,Edward W. Chan No preview available - 2010 |
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active-duty AFMS hospitals AFMS MTFs AFMS personnel AFMS workload AFMS's Air Force Medical Air Force Surgeon Air National Guard allocation ambulatory Andrews AFB Army and Navy ASCs assigned baseline beneficiaries budget Chapter codes command CONUS MTFs critical-care specialists decrease deployed deployments DMHRSi effect efficiency expenses Figure Force Medical Service Full-Time Equivalents GWOT health-care Hurricane Katrina increase inpatient procedures inpatient workload Keesler AFB LRMC manpower Medical Center medical departments medical forces medical personnel Medicare MEPRS MERHCF Earnings Military Health System military medical military personnel million MILPERS nurses OASD(HA operating costs outpatient patient peacetime percent performance pharmacies physicians population PPS and MERHCF prescription ingredients produce purchased RAND readiness activities Readiness FTEs reductions reimbursements reported in MEPRS requirements retirees RVUs RWPs SAMMC Secretary of Defense specialties staff stand-alone clinics Stepped-Down timesheets trauma center TRICARE wartime WHMC