UNCLASSIFIED (U)

16 FAM 500
PAYMENT OF MEDICAL EXPENSES

16 FAM 510

MEDICAL EXPENSE DEFINITIONS

(CT:MED-41; 03-07-2019)
(Office of Origin: MED)

16 fam 511 Chapter Definitions

(CT:MED-41; 03-07-2019)
(Uniform/State/USAID/USAGM/Commerce/Foreign Service Corps-USDA)
(Applies to Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)

a. Direct medical expenses are medical program expenses associated with a particular employee or eligible family member that are chargeable to the employing agency responsible for the employee or eligible family member. Such expenses include, but are not limited to:

Hospitalization and related outpatient expenses of employees and eligible family members;

Medical evacuation travel expenses of employees and eligible family members, travel expenses of medical and nonmedical attendants and expenses for contractual services of medevac attendants (see 16 FAM 300); and

(3) Examination and immunization expenses when such examinations and immunizations are required by the medical program and provided by private entities or U.S. Government entities other than the Office of Medical Services (MED) or Department of State health units.

b. Shared medical expenses are those expenses that are funded under the Interagency Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) agreement. Shared medical expenses include, but are not limited to:

(1) Operating costs of MED and post health units; and

Other post-specific expenses such as immunizations.

16 fam 512 through 519 unassigned

UNCLASSIFIED (U)