Defense Health Care: DOD Should Monitor Mental Health Screenings for Prenatal and Postpartum TRICARE Beneficiaries : Government Accountability Office (GAO) , April 22 , 2025
Defense Health Care: DOD Should Monitor Mental Health Screenings for Prenatal and Postpartum TRICARE Beneficiaries : Government Accountability Office (GAO) , April 22 , 2025
From the report: “The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Health Agency (DHA) oversees the TRICARE program that provides health care to beneficiaries—active-duty service members and their dependents. Beneficiaries receive care in military medical treatment facilities (direct care) and through civilian providers, generally administered by two managed care support contractors (private sector care). This care includes addressing mental health conditions that occur during and up to 1 year after pregnancy, known as the perinatal period.
GAO estimates that 52 percent of the 6,151 service members who delivered through direct care in fiscal year 2022 received DHA’s three recommended perinatal mental health screenings. These screenings used one of two DHA-recommended tools and were performed at DHA’s specified time intervals. All service members were screened at least once during their perinatal period.”
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