Assignment: Military Health System

Assignment: Military Health System

Assignment: Military Health System

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Research a health care organization or a network that spans several states within the U.S. (example: united healthcare, vanguard, banner healthcare, etc.). Harvard business review online and Hoover’s company records, found in the GCU library, are useful sources. You may also find pertinent information on your organization’s webpage. Review “Singapore airlines case study.”

Prepare a 1,000-1,250-word paper that focuses on the organization or network you have selected. Your essay should assess the readiness of the health care organization or network in addressing the health care needs of citizens in the next decade, and include a strategic plan that addresses issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA style guide, located in the student success center. An abstract is not required.

The Military Health System (MHS) is the enterprise within the United States Department of Defense that provides health care to active duty and retired U.S. Military personnel and their dependents.^[1] Its mission is to provide health support for the full range of military operations and sustain the health of all who are entrusted to MHS care.^[2]

Its primary mission is to maintain the health of military personnel, so they can carry out their military missions; and to deliver health care during wartime. Often described as the medical readiness mission, this effort involves medical testing and screening of recruits, emergency medical treatment of troops involved in hostilities, and the maintenance of physical standards of those in the armed services.

The MHS also provides, where space is available, health care to dependents of active duty service members, to retirees and their dependents, and to some former spouses. Such care has been made available since 1966, (with certain limitations and co-payments), through the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) and its successor, TRICARE. In October 2001, TRICARE benefits were extended to retirees and their dependents aged 65 and over.^[1] In 2013, the Defense Health Agency replaced TRICARE.

The MHS has a $50 billion budget and serves about 10 million beneficiaries,^[3] including active duty personnel and their families and retirees and their families.^[4] The actual cost of having a government-run health care system for the military is higher because the wages and benefits paid for military personnel who work for the MHS and the retirees who formerly worked for it, is not included in the budget. MHS employs more than 137,000 in 65 hospitals, 412 clinics, and 414 dental clinics at facilities across the nation and around the world, as well as in contingency and combat-theater operations worldwide.