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Defense Health Agency

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Defense Health Agency
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ActiveOctober 1, 2013
Part ofMilitary Health System
Garrison/HQFalls Church, Virginia
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
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Combat support agencies

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 Military Health System (MHS) and facilitates the delivery of integrated and reasonably priced health care to MHS clients.

As a part of the Military Health System, DHA maintains a global workforce of almost 140,000 civilians and military personnel. Through TRICARE, DHA manages a global health system serving 9.5M beneficiaries and supporting 700+ hospitals and clinics worldwide.[1]

History

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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.[2] Under the old system, many aspects of military health care were managed by the individual armed services (Army, Navy, and Air Force).[3][4]

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. The ASD(HA) is a civilian, Senate-confirmed official who serves as the chief medical adviser to the Secretary of Defense and oversees health policy and budgeting across the system, as well as directing the activities of the Defense Health Agency.[5] (see organization chart, right).[6]

Defense Health Networks

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The Defense Health Agency implemented a deliberate organizational change to strengthen the management of health care delivery, combat support and support to the military health enterprise worldwide. Military hospitals and clinics are organized into one of nine Defense Health Networks enabling the Defense Health Agency to deliver high-quality health care. A Defense Health Network is a group of military medical and dental facilities that operates as a coordinated system and improves the delivery and continuity of health services.[7]

National Capital Region Medical Directorate

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The National Capital Region Medical Directorate is a medical directorate within the DHA.[2]

Education & Training Directorate

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Medical Education and Training Campus
See: Medical Education and Training Campus § Academics

List of directors

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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, 2013November 2, 20152 years, 32 days
U.S. Air Force
2
Raquel C. Bono
Bono, Raquel C.Vice Admiral
Raquel C. Bono
(born 1957)		November 2, 2015[8]September 4, 20193 years, 306 days
U.S. Navy
3
Ronald J. Place
Place, Ronald J.Lieutenant General
Ronald J. Place		September 4, 2019[9]January 3, 20233 years, 121 days
U.S. Army
4
Telita Crosland
Crosland, TelitaLieutenant General
Telita Crosland		January 3, 2023[10]February 28, 2025[11]2 years, 56 days
U.S. Army
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David J. Smith
Smith, DavidDavid J. Smith
Acting		February 28, 2025Incumbent275 days
Senior Executive Service

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DHA.mil - The Official Website of The Defense Health Agency". DHA.mil - The Official Website of The Defense Health Agency.
  2. ^ a b Basu, Sandra. "AF General Named to Head Defense Health Agency in New MHS Governance Model." Archived December 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine U.S. Medicine. July 2013.
  3. ^ Traynor, Kate. "Defense Health Agency Makes Its Debut." Archived December 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. December 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Defense Health Agency - About TMA". Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) on the tricare.mil website
  5. ^ https://www.health.mil/About-MHS/MHS-Elements
  6. ^ "About DHA" page Archived December 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine on the tricare.mil website
  7. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Defense Health Networks". Defense Health Agency.
  8. ^ "DHA Change". health.mil. November 2, 2015.
  9. ^ Gilbert, Jackie (September 4, 2019). "Lt. Gen. Ronald Place becomes third DHA Director".
  10. ^ "Major General Telita Crosland (USA)". General Officer Management Office. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  11. ^ Brook, Tom Vanden. "Black woman general in charge of military health care resigns abruptly". USA Today. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
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  • DHA.mil, official website of the Defense Health Agency[1]
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