DODIG-2023-059 - Recommendation D-2023-2059-DEV0PA-0001-0002.a-d

Rec. 2.a-d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), the Director of the Defense Health Agency, the Service Surgeons General, and the Joint Staff Surgeon, establish an oversight plan for the management of traumatic brain injury care within the Military Health System. At a minimum, the oversight plan should: a. Include the completion and tracking of required screening tools, including Military Acute Concussion Evaluation, Version 2. b. Include the completion and tracking of the Progressive Return to Activity protocol. c. Include the completion and tracking of any required followup processes for Service members diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. d. Develop a revised methodology to verify that Military Heath System providers consistently code all Service members diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury.