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  2024 Changes

  PHU requirements effective January 1, 2024 (please read these carefully) [The information below can be nested in a sub-folder/page]

  1. Virtual PHUs will no longer be accepted. Medical Affairs Branch (MAB) recognizes that there may be rare circumstances when you cannot get an in-person physical. In those rare situations, please immediately contact MAB (PHSMACCHQ@hhs.gov) and provide documentation from your clinic justifying the virtual PHU request. If MAB grants you permission to get a virtual PHU, you will receive a form from MAB which must be completed and signed by you. This form must be scanned or merged with your other PHU forms as Page 1 of your PHU PDF file Waiting until the last four weeks of your birth month period to begin the appointment scheduling process will not be considered a justification for a virtual PHU.
  2. A physical examination done earlier than two months before your birth month will not be accepted. For example, if your birth month is August and you turn in a PHU with a physical examination date before June 1, that PHU will not be considered current and will not be accepted.
  3. In addition to blood pressure and pulse, all PHU submissions must contain a current height and weight and “taping,” if your BMI exceeds 27.5 kg/m². If needed, “taping” must be documented on a properly completed PHS-7044-1 and be included in your PHU submission. The height and weight requirement applies to allofficers including officers given permission to get virtual PHUs and officers who have active pregnancy waivers for whom taping is not required.
  4. Officers with active pregnancy waivers and elevated Body Mass Index (BMI) will be allowed to upload their PHUs without entering taping measurements. The 2023 Periodic Health Update Submission Checklist includes a check box so that the MAB PHU clinical screeners can better identify PHUs from officers with active pregnancy waivers.
  5. PHUs are intended to document your current health status. MAB expects to see in the PHU submission, your latest laboratory studies or other tests documenting the status your chronic conditions that are being actively treated.
     • Examples include:

  Condition	Submission
  Elevated Cholesterol	Lipid panel
  Hypothyroidism	Thyroid Function Tests
  Chronic Anemia	Complete Blood Count
  HIV	Viral levels and CD4 counts
  Diabetes	Hemoglobin A1C level
  Chronic Hepatitis	Viral levels and Liver Function Tests

  These tests do NOT need to be done at the time of your PHU. The last test that you had during the previous year, is acceptable.

  6. A new check box has been added on the 2023 PHU Checklist which must be checked when submitting a retirement physical. Remember, retirement physicals are uploaded through eDOC-U using the document name, “Periodic Health Update.”
  7. Due to the change in the Active-Duty Dental Plan, MAB will continue to accept dental examinations that were done no more than one year prior to your birth month.

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  Last Updated: 1/10/2024
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