Medical

Coast Guard Beneficiary Counselors can provide information on TRICARE eligibility, enrollment, and benefits (medical, dental, pharmacy) and assist with referrals, claims, and bills.  Services are available from 0700 to 1500PST, Mon-Fri, at the Health Benefits Advice line:  1-800-9HBAHBA or by email:  CGHBA@uscg.mil

For Reserve personnel, more information and guidance on medical resources, please contact your Command medical representative.

Periodic Health Assessment

Required PHA

Starting 1 Mar 2018, the USCG uses the same PHA as the other military services.

All Coast Guard personnel will receive a PHA at least every 12 months. A PHA can be accomplished up to 6 months early if needed for deployment preparation or unit PHA synchronization. For new accessions, the first PHA is due within 12 months of completion of Initial Entry Training (Basic Training, USCGA graduation, etc.).

For recording keeping purposes (in MRRS), the completion date for the PHA shall be the date the patient is seen at the clinic for the PHA appointment. When feasible, the PHA will be accomplished in a single visit.

Personnel who get their primary care at a CG clinic will have their PHA performed there, including a face-to-face visit with a CG Health Care Provider.

Personnel who use the Reserve Health Readiness Program (i.e. Logistics Health, Incorporated or LHI) begin their PHA by completing the Service member module and then contacting the Health Services Technician responsible for their unit.

Units whose personnel get their primary care at a DoD clinic or hospital may request permission from HSWL Service Center to have their PHAs performed at the DoD clinic/hospital. See the link to the HSWL Service Center PHA website for details. This must be requested at the unit level.

The PHA will consist of the following components:

• Servicemember module.
• Record and Individual Medical Readiness Review (CPS)
• PHA provider portion, including a Mental Health Assessment, Fitness for Duty recommendation, and recommended Clinical Preventive Services

Deployment Health

Routine Deployment

Routine deployments include all Coast Guard Active Duty and Reservists involved in Coast Guard patrols and deployments outside the United States, its territories or possessions, in support of Coast Guard missions. This also includes joint DoD deployments not associated with expeditionary deployments. Additional information on deployment requirements can be found at http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Human-Resources-CG-1/Health-Safety-and-Work-Life-CG-11/Office-of-Health-Services-CG-112/Operational-Medicine-and-Medical-Readiness/Deployment-Health/.

Expeditionary Deployment

Expeditionary Deployments are generally those where CG units and personnel are placed under the command and control of a Department of Defense (DoD) Combatant Command (e.g. SOUTHCOM, PACOM, CENTCOM, etc.). 

Deployment to PATFORSWA is excluded from the requirements.

Deployment to Guantanamo Bay (“GITMO”) is considered an expeditionary deployment, so the requirements apply.