Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

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United States Department of Defense position civilian government office

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing military health policy, the Military Health System, and medical readiness across the armed forces.

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Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs canonical	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense position ⓘ civilian government office ⓘ
advises	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on health matters ⓘ Combatant Commanders on health matters ⓘ Secretary of Defense on health matters ⓘ Service Secretaries on health matters ⓘ Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on health matters ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
focusesOn	access to care for military families ⓘ access to care for military retirees ⓘ access to care for service members ⓘ integration of direct care and purchased care in the Military Health System ⓘ readiness of medical forces ⓘ support to combat operations through medical capabilities ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Defense Health Program budget NERFINISHED ⓘ policy guidance to the Surgeons General of the military departments ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
locatedIn	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
memberOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	Defense Health Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ DoD clinical quality management policy ⓘ DoD combat casualty care policy ⓘ DoD dental health policy ⓘ DoD force health protection policy ⓘ DoD health care delivery policy ⓘ DoD health information technology policy ⓘ DoD humanitarian and disaster medical response policy ⓘ DoD medical education and training policy ⓘ DoD medical logistics policy ⓘ DoD medical readiness reporting policy ⓘ DoD medical research and development policy ⓘ DoD mental health policy ⓘ DoD patient safety policy ⓘ DoD pharmacy policy ⓘ DoD public health and preventive medicine policy ⓘ military treatment facilities policy ⓘ
partOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Secretary of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	Military Health System NERFINISHED ⓘ TRICARE health program NERFINISHED ⓘ medical readiness of U.S. armed forces ⓘ military health policy ⓘ
seat	The Pentagon NERFINISHED ⓘ
worksWith	Surgeon General of the Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Surgeon General of the Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Surgeon General of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense → hasPosition → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs ⓘ

U.S. military health system → administeredBy → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs ⓘ

Surgeon General of the United States Army → worksWith → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs ⓘ