The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
Our military hospital remains open and we’re continuing to provide healthcare services. Scheduled appointments and procedures are proceeding as planned, and new appointments continue to be booked. For the latest information regarding TRICARE benefits during this period, please visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown

Please be assured, our commitment to providing exceptional care to you remains our highest priority.
MHS GENESIS Pay it Forward

March 28, 2023

Peer Experts Step Up to Support MHS GENESIS Transition at Walter Reed

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Now that MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) new electronic health record system, has been successfully implemented at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), a dedicated group of peer experts is lending their support.

Staff at Barquist Army Health Clinic receive on-site support during the launch of MHS GENESIS Mar. 25, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

March 28, 2023

MHS GENESIS Launches Across Meade Medical Department Activity

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — The Fort Meade Medical Department Activity—which includes Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center and the Andrew Rader, Barquist, Dunham and Kirk Army Health Clinics—officially launched the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS, Mar. 25.

In a photo dated August 2, 2021, U.S. Navy Commander Diana Fu explains the physical therapy room at Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Clinic to Marine Corps Installations East Commander

March 28, 2023

Brain Injury Awareness Month: Highlighting the Intrepid Spirit Concussion Recovery Clinic

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — With March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is highlighting the importance of recognizing and receiving proper treatment for brain injuries.

Group photo of ribbon cutting

March 25, 2023

Walter Reed ‘flips the switch’ and welcomes MHS GENESIS

WRNMMC, Bethesda, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, welcoming MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) new electronic health record (EHR) for the Military Health System.

CRDAMC PAO

March 23, 2023

CRDAMC hosts Centering Pregnancy after three-year hiatus

Fourteen expectant mothers joined Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Women’s Health Center staff for the first Centering Pregnancy session since 2020 at the hospital March 22. Designed by the Centering Healthcare Institute, a non-profit organization that provides more effective prenatal care training to hospitals such as CRDAMC, Centering Pregnancy is group prenatal care bringing women out of examination rooms and into a more comfortable group setting.

The National Capital Region Pain Initiative (NCRPI) and Tele-pain Initiative recently earned the Ready Reliable Care (RRC) High Reliability Organization (HRO) Award for its tele-pain program focused on patient centeredness and providing care for Military Health System beneficiaries located at sites where a pain management specialty team may not be available but the beneficiary can still receive pain management care.

March 23, 2023

Tele-Pain and Patient-Centered Initiative Earns Ready Reliable Care, High Reliability Organization Award

WRNMMC, BETHESDA, Md. — The Tele-Pain and Patient-Centeredness initiative at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) earned a High Reliability in Health Care Award, announced during the annual meeting of AMSUS held at the National Harbor in Maryland Feb. 13-16.

Army Col. (Dr.) Jason Hawksworth, a transplant surgeon at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, participate in a transplant at WRNMMC where in 2019 the WRNMMC Organ Transplant Service team performed the first fully robotic living donor nephrectomy surgery in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region.

March 23, 2023

National Kidney Month: WRNMMC’s kidney transplant program ranks as 5-star

WRNMMC, BETHESDA, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is the only Department of Defense military medical treatment facility (MTF) that performs kidney transplants, and the Organ Transplant Service at WRNMMC has been rated as one of the top transplant programs in the nation.

FORT BELVOIR, VA. (February 23, 2023)--Concentration, focus, and professionalism are on full display during a robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery at the Belvoir Hospital February 23, 2023. The hospital is the first medical treatment facility in the Defense Health Agency with this robotic-assisted platform (VELYS), and the cutting-edge technology provides the joint replacement surgeons an unparalleled amount of real-time surgical data. Leveraging this technology greatly increases and enables consistent, reproducible, and accurate surgical bone cuts and gives instantaneous feedback in real-time. Combining the VELYS with their existing ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocols work hand-in-hand to achieve a combined goal of expert, safe, and compassionate patient care. The Belvoir Hospital is a 120-bed, 1.3 million-square-foot military community hospital that serves a regional population of 250,000 personnel with about 100,000 enrollees receiving inpatient and specialty care services supported by 55 specialty clinics, a Warrior Pavilion (for combat injured/wounded/ ill), Inpatient Addictions Program, and three satellite family health centers at the Pentagon, Dumfries and Fairfax, Va. (Department of Defense photos by Reese Brown) (Department of Defense photos by Reese Brown)

March 22, 2023

Belvoir Hospital Reaches Milestone with Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Concentration, focus, and professionalism were on full display during a robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery at the Belvoir Hospital February 23, 2023. The hospital is the first medical treatment facility in the Defense Health Agency with this robotic-assisted platform (VELYS), and the cutting-edge technology provides the joint replacement surgeons an unparalleled amount of real-time surgical data. Leveraging this technology greatly increases and enables consistent, reproducible, and accurate surgical bone cuts and gives instantaneous feedback in real-time.

BAMC Auxiliary grants support patients, staff

March 22, 2023

BAMC Auxiliary grants support patients, staff

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FOR SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Brooke Army Medical Center Auxiliary held its annual Welfare Recognition Ceremony March 9.For

A dentist probes a woman's teeth with dental tools

March 22, 2023

Before Seeing the Dentist, Learn What TRICARE Dental Program Covers

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Whether you’re seeing the dentist for a routine checkup or getting emergency dental care, the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) covers a wide variety of dental services. It’s important to know which services TDP covers before your next dental visit.

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