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- Active Duty Dental Program though July 2, 2022
- Active Duty Dental Program effective July 3, 2022
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- Visit CDC.gov for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Updates
As Public Health Service Officers and America’s Health Responders, we stand ready to preserve public health and national security during national or global health emergencies. Our mission is to be out the door as soon as requested, as this is an “all hands on deck” situation. All Corps officers were placed on involuntary deploy or "alert" status effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, irrespective of the 'on-call month' status. Under Commissioned Corps Directive 121.02, "Deployment and Readiness," as directed by Assistant Secretary for Health, Commissioned Corps Headquarters will deploy Commissioned Corps officers assigned to HHS OpDivs/StaffDivs, either voluntarily or involuntarily and without supervisory approval, who are not considered mission critical, for deployments, under the current National Emergency. Mission critical requests sent to CCHQ are not final until the request is approved by the CCHQ Director as per the POM 821.76 ”Deployment Procedures”. An officer with a non-HHS organization may be deployed in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding between the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the non-HHS organization.
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Medical Affairs
Periodic Health Update (PHU) 2022
The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps requires officers to undergo annual periodic health updates to better protect the health of officers and meet mission priorities. Maintaining this requirement is also vital to assuring your continued access and continuity of services at military treatment facilities.
With some allowances for the continuing public health emergency and the burdens it imposes, all officers are required to complete and submit a PHU in their 2022 birth month period (from the first day of the month prior to their birth month until the last day of the month after their birth month). Some officers who entered the USPHS Commissioned Corps in 2021 or early 2022 may be exempt until 2023. Medical Affairs Branch (MAB) will contact those individuals directly.
Officers should review the PHU Instructions for Officers before completing and submitting their PHU.
The requirements for the 2022 PHU include seven components:
- Medical History: Self-reported update of the officer’s medical history since their last submitted PHU which is given to the officer’s medical provider for review, verification, and signature (form DD-2807-1)
- Physical Examination: In-person examination based on the officer’s health risk factors, as determined by the officer’s provider. Minimal requirements are the officer’s vital signs (pulse and blood pressure), weight, and height. The DD-2808* must be dated in Field #1 and signed by the provider.
- If the officer’s Body Mass Index (BMI) exceeds 27.5 kg/m2, the provider or their designate must perform “taping” and complete a PHS-7044-1, “Verified Weight Form” which must be submitted with the PHU
- Behavioral Health Survey: Self-reported (after downloading the form to the officer’s computer) then given to the officer’s provider for review and signature. The behavioral health survey will facilitate a discussion with the provider about the mental well-being of the officer (form PHS-7083)**
- Dental Examination: Done within the six (6) months prior to the PHU submission (form DD-2813)* dated and signed by the dental provider.
- Additional Tests: Screening tests as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (e.g. cervical, breast and colorectal cancer screening) and any other testing recommended by the officer’s provider based on the officer’s age, medical, family, and deployment history, and the officer’s occupational and environmental exposures and risks.
- Disclosure Statement: dated and signed by the officer.
- 2022 PHU Submission Checklist: completed, dated and signed by the officer.
*The DD-2808 and DD-2813 will not open in most browsers. Download the document (even if the document does not appear on your screen) to your computer desktop (it should open from there) then complete and save.
**In order for the PHS-7083 to properly score and save your responses, you must first download the form to your computer.
Commissioned Corps Headquarters recognizes that officers may still have difficulty accessing their healthcare providers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For 2022, if after a USPHS Officer has made a reasonable effort to get in-person appointments without success, MAB will accept a PHU with the following components:
- The results of a “virtual” physical examination which contains a provider verified history,
- A completed behavioral health survey signed by your provider, and
- A report of a dental examination done within 12 months of the PHU submission or no dental examination, if the officer has been unable to schedule an appointment with their dental provider during the past year.
The officer must complete and sign the 2022 PHU Submission Checklist indicating which components of the PHU are being submitted and, if necessary, why the officer is not submitting a complete PHU. This will ensure that MAB does not reject the submission when the officer was unable to complete one or more components because of the pandemic.
Officers should provide all necessary forms and a copy of the PHU Instructions for Providers and PHU Instructions for Completing DD-2807-1, 2808, 2813 to their medical providers at the time of their appointment or before, if possible. They should also take a copy of the dental form, DD-2813, to their dentist at the time of their appointment.
All forms and provider instructions are included in a single PDF file, “PHU Appointment Documents,” which can be found on the CCMIS website under Forms/Medical.
Most common reasons for rejection of a PHU submission:
- Scanning errors or illegible scans
- Missing PHU required component
- PHU components are not submitted in a single PDF file
- Forms are not dated
- Required forms are not signed by the provider (only an officer signature on the
DD-2807-1 will be rejected)
- Minimum requirements for the physical exam (Height, Weight, Blood Pressure, and Pulse) are not documented on the DD-2808
- A PHS 7044-1 is not submitted with the PHU when an officer’s BMI exceeds 27.5 kg/m2
HOW TO SUBMIT THE PHU:
Officers must scan all documents and test results into a SINGLE PDF with all pages oriented in the proper direction. You can use a scanner setting of 200 d.p.i., if needed. The preferred order of documents: Submission Checklist, Disclosure statement, DD-2807-1, PHS, 7083, DD-2808, PHS-7044-1 (if needed), DD-2813, additional medical records. The file must be uploaded through the medical section of eDOC-U using the document name, “Periodic Health Update.”
If additional medical records create a file that is too large for uploading, officers should submit the required PHU documents in a single PDF file using the document name, “Periodic Health Update” and send the additional medical records in a separate PDF using the document name, “Medical Records.” The required PHU documents should be uploaded before the officer’s due date even if the results of some additional testing are not yet available. The additional testing can be uploaded later using the above instructions.