Defense Health Agency

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Defense Health Agency Type: Administrative and Support Agencies Parent organization: Department of Defense Top organization: Department of Defense Employees: 140000 Executive: Director Budget: $51.4 billion (fiscal year 2023) Address: 675 N Randolph St, Arlington, VA 22203, USA Website: https://www.health.mil Creation Legislation: Department of Defense Directive 5105.42 Wikipedia: Defense Health Agency

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Mission The DHA aims to achieve medical readiness, improve the health of our people, enhance the experience of care, and lower our health care costs by managing the Military Health System's direct and purchased health care delivery systems. Its mission is to enable the delivery of integrated, high-quality health services to military beneficiaries worldwide.

Services Medical Readiness; Health Care Delivery; Pharmacy Services; Public Health; Health IT

Regulations

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime. The DHA is in charge of integrating clinical and business operations across the MHS and facilitates the delivery of integrated and reasonably priced health care to MHS clients.

The DHA’s global workforce of almost 140,000 civilians and military personnel provides medical services to TRICARE beneficiaries and their dependents.

History

The United States Department of Defense established the DHA as part of a larger effort meant to reorganize its health care programs and services. The reorganization was based in part on the recommendations of a task force that issued a report on the management of U.S. military health care in 2011. Under the old system, many aspects of military health care were managed by the individual armed services (Army, Navy, and Air Force).

Structure

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The organizational structure of the Defense Health Agency.

The DHA operates under the authority and oversight of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Woodson, M.D., established the DHA's organizational structure, including six directorates (see organization chart, right).

National Capital Region Medical Directorate

The National Capital Region Medical Directorate is a medical directorate within the DHA.

Education & Training Directorate

Medical Education and Training Campus

See: Medical Education and Training Campus § Academics

List of directors

No.	Director		Term			Service branch
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term length
1	Douglas J. Robb	Robb, Douglas J.Lieutenant General Douglas J. Robb	October 1, 2013	November 2, 2015	2 years, 32 days	File:Military service mark of the United States Air Force.svg U.S. Air Force
2	Raquel C. Bono	Bono, Raquel C.Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono (born 1957)	November 2, 2015	September 4, 2019	3 years, 306 days	File:Emblem of the United States Navy.svg U.S. Navy
3	Ronald J. Place	Place, Ronald J.Lieutenant General Ronald J. Place	September 4, 2019	January 3, 2023	3 years, 121 days	File:Military service mark of the United States Army.svg U.S. Army
4	Telita Crosland	Crosland, TelitaLieutenant General Telita Crosland	January 3, 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 117 days	File:Military service mark of the United States Army.svg U.S. Army

See also

• Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
• Military Health System
• Military medicine
• Surgeon General of the United States Army
• Surgeon General of the United States Navy
• Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
• TRICARE
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• US Family Health Plan

External links

• Health.mil, official website of the Military Health System
• Defense Health Program account on USAspending.gov