Current Cadet - Private Medical Care - Prescription

As a cadet or commissioned officer, you fall under the military medical system. It affects what jobs you hold and access to certain things. It affects if you can fly or deploy...it is the only medical system that applies to your cadet. If you received treatment outside the military system you still need to get that treatment approved by DOD medical. If someone was to get treatment for a medical issue and hid it from the military...that would be possibly career ending bad.

Emergency treatment that is reported to the military medical as soon as practical is just fine...but the treatment may still result in a disqualifying status, at least temporarily.

And by disqualifying I mean they may not be allowed to do their primary job until treatment is over, or changed.

The smart answer is get the case referred by the mil to your civilian doc, and make sue the treatment is approved by the DOD.
 
As a cadet or commissioned officer, you fall under the military medical system. It affects what jobs you hold and access to certain things. It affects if you can fly or deploy...it is the only medical system that applies to your cadet. If you received treatment outside the military system you still need to get that treatment approved by DOD medical. If someone was to get treatment for a medical issue and hid it from the military...that would be possibly career ending bad.

Emergency treatment that is reported to the military medical as soon as practical is just fine...but the treatment may still result in a disqualifying status, at least temporarily.

And by disqualifying I mean they may not be allowed to do their primary job until treatment is over, or changed.

The smart answer is get the case referred by the mil to your civilian doc, and make sue the treatment is approved by the DOD.
EXCELLENT ADVICE! I was thinking the same thing Buff-IP.
 
When we got the I-day handbook last summer, it recommended that we keep our children on our medical insurance for now. Since I have to cover my other college student, I have just kept my DD on it as well because it didn't affect the cost.

She is going to see a dermatologist for acne while she is home. If she doesn't fill any prescriptions, I assume it will be fine for her just to get looked at. Or are we making a invalid assumption? This isn't a real medical issue and she has mentioned other people that have come with existing prescriptions for these types of issue. I am going to double check with her again before she goes.
 
Arriving with a prescription means the SA has reviewed it and given it a thumbs up to continue. She can see whomever she wants in reality, but I would never take a prescription without approval from military medicine. Don't want to DQ herself from something unknowingly. Plus the military would have the prescription in the system and she can get refills as needed. It also helps to build their medical record for future reviews for physicals and other items.
 
When we got the I-day handbook last summer, it recommended that we keep our children on our medical insurance for now. Since I have to cover my other college student, I have just kept my DD on it as well because it didn't affect the cost.
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The recommendation to keep DD/DS on family insurance is a "vaccination" against unexpected voluntary or involuntary separation, especially during Plebe Summer and plebe year. At some point, they should be cut loose. That was my understanding from when I was a BattO and my Yard neighbor was the Brigade Medical Officer, as well as my experiences since then with mids, faculty and staff for various reasons.

My derm doc at WRNMMC Bethesda, a USNA grad, came over to the USNA Medical Clinic 1-2 days a week specifically to see mids, so they wouldn't have to lose hours shuttling to Bethesda. Acne is not unknown at USNA ;). Not sure if the derm docs are currently doing a clinic on the Yard. It's not too hard to get to see one, though I recognize mid reluctance to take time out of typical day to get that done.

If an outside provider is seen, independent of TRICARE, the mid should bring a copy of treatment notes and any Rx back for review, and for the USNA medical record, which is the active duty record of care and forms the basis of all future veterans' benefits, if eligible.
 
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Going to see a private practice dermatologist for acne. Is there a source for a list of medications that would be some kind of violation for the dermatologist to prescribe or that would cause a problem down the road for some reason if taken. Don't want to create a problem by taking something that shouldn't be taken. Would rather have a list of prescription medications that are allowed so dermatologist can be informed of appropriate options in the first place. Thanks for any insight.
I am on SefeLexen for acne (oral medication), and also use epiduo (gel). Both are prescribed. Although I am just a candidate and it may be different for cadets, I was not DQ'd for using either of these medications for acne. Hope this helps!
 
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