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CARE SYSTEM
PROFILES
Critical resources
The Defense Health Agency defines an
enhanced multi-service market (eMSM) as
a healthcare market with military treat-
ment facilities from more than one service,
with high patient workloads, and eligible
beneficiaries that number greater than
65,000 in an area. The San Antonio eMSM
is a strategic national asset and an integral
part of the city.
San Antonio eMSM
• $1.18 billion operating and management
budget
• Nine military treatment facilities
• 12,000 staff serving 240,000
beneficiaries
• $1.4 billion in military construction
completed or pending from FY06-FY16
• DoD’s largest centralized appointment
A patient is examined by military healthcare personnel in San Antonio.
Courtesy photo and referral management functions
patient transfer service also is being implemented, and pa-
tients transferred from local hospitals save thousands of dol- San Antonio Military
lars in network care costs. Medical Center
Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center has saved more • DoD’s largest inpatient facility
than $1.7 million in just five months by converting name- • DoD’s only continental U.S. Level 1
brand to generic prescriptions, and roughly $300,000 will Trauma Center
be saved annually by expanding the prescription formulary. • DoD’s only bone marrow transplant unit
Many expensive prescriptions typically filled in the commu- • DoD’s only burn center
nity are being filled through military treatment facilities and • Center for the Intrepid
pharmacies at a 40 percent cost savings.
“Over the past two years, we have
shown how an integrated team can pro- Wilford Hall Ambulatory
vide world-class care while continually Surgical Center
achieving major cost savings,” said Maj. • DoD's largest outpatient facility
Gen. Byron C. Hepburn, 59th Medical
• DoD’s largest blood donor center
Wing commander and deputy director
of the SAMHS (pictured at left).
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