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FOREWORD

This manual is issued under the authority of Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 6000.12E (Reference (a)). It prescribes the procedures for the uniform reporting of expense and labor hour data for fixed military medical and dental treatment facilities.

DoD 6010.13-M, "Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System for Fixed Military Medical and Dental Treatment Facilities," November 21, 2000 (Reference (b)), is hereby canceled.

This manual applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in DoD (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

This manual does not apply to DoD facilities that are not involved in direct patient care (e.g., medical research facilities), DoD facilities for field service (e.g., force combat support and evacuation hospitals), facilities afloat (e.g., hospital ships and sick bays aboard ships), and tactical casualty staging facilities (e.g., medical advance base staging facilities and medical advance base components contained within mobile-type units).

This manual is effective April 7, 2008 and is mandatory for use by all the DoD Components. It must be reissued, cancelled, or certified current within 5 years of its publication in accordance with DoD Instruction 5025.01 (Reference (s)). If not, it will expire effective April 7, 2018 and be removed from the DoD Issuances Website.