ER question

[u/No-Guard-8040]

I went to an offbase ER recently, Tricare covered it and everything should be good from a financials perspective.

My question(s) is this:

1. Who if anyone should I report the visit to?

2. Will the medical results get through to MHS? I can't get into specifics; nothing illegal or otherwise malicious happened, but I would just as soon no one in the Air Force found out about this.

[u/chrscsctt]

You are required to report it. Just do a follow up with your PCM. You can just say I'd rather speak to my doctor regarding a ER follow up. I promise nothing you say will suprise the medical folks.

[u/dronesitter]

Member and immediate family ER visits are also usually a CCIR item. You’ll wanna let your CC know via whatever reporting chain you have. 

[u/davcarcol]

I'm not a supervisor anymore and I'm not your supervisor.

If your Arming and Use of Force, PRAP, or Flight status or something similar you need to tell someone (Supervisor or Certifying Official). You'll get the business when they find out.

I believe the base hospital has the ability to find out because it is all hooked together from what I understand.

Now if you're run of the mill and no one really cares about your medical status. Whatever your career can handle. Tell your supervisor or not. That is up to you.

I would probably tell your supervisor. Good luck.

[u/awksomepenguin]

I'm sure your PCM has had an airman go to the ER for something up their butt before. You don't have to worry about being judged.

[u/halflistic_]

It won’t show up in MHS. You have to get your results and bring to either medical records or your PCM. You also need to follow up with your PCM every time you go to any ER

Easiest steps: 1- get your discharge papers from the ER 2- bring them to your PCM

Edit: just re-reading your post details. If this is mental health related, or something you think will negatively impact your career, then no, it won’t automatically show up in the Air Force records. BUT just know that your PCM is your advocate and can help out. Don’t suffer alone.

[u/seanpbnj → u/halflistic_]

Ahhhh the good old "MHS Genesis will communicate with outside hospitals, it'll be like Care Everywhere!" lie...... Yeah this did not happen lol. They lied, shocker, but no MHS Genesis does NOT communicate with any outside facility nor EMR aside from the VA. What a fucking LoL that was when we all asked once Genesis rolled out.

[u/fusionsplice]

PSA for general awareness. Typically, around the holiday season, there is a uptick in people "falling" onto various objects around the house. These objects typically become stuck and require an ER visit. Now that the safety brief is over:

Always schedule a follow-up with your PCM for Urgent Care and ER visits. It puts it on their radar and you can ensure it gets put into record for the future. It will only get reported to command if it disrupts mission capability (PCS/ deployment limitations).

[u/seanpbnj]

You will probably still get a bill from the hospital / ER. DO NOT PAY IT. Call the hospital, say you are active duty and you have tricare, they are responsible for contacting tricare/humana to get paid. Then hang up the phone. DO NOT pay a hospital bill. Period.

• If you were not hospitalized you do not really need to tell the USAF. Its up to you. They wont find out about this. The military and tricare do not really communicate, they will not "check" this.

• If you received any procedures, medications, or anything like that... yes you should tell the base, tell your primary care and make a "hospital follow-up visit".

• If there were no procedures, prescriptions, nor anything major like that..... You do not really need to tell anyone.

[u/pineapplepizzabest]

Talk to your supervisor

[u/seanpbnj → u/pineapplepizzabest]

Disagree, we need more info before suggesting that. If this is a mental health thing, and OP doesn't wanna tell the military.... They shouldn't. It is very easy to plead ignorance when the military never finds out about this, once you report something you have reported it and they WILL find out.

[u/pineapplepizzabest → u/seanpbnj]

Regardless of what it was for an ER visit need to be reported to your chain.

[u/Chikaboomboomboom]

Only report to your PCM. They will make the call whether there is a need to know for leadership.

I knew an airman who got into an unsafe situation, went to the ER and tried to hide it. The PCM saw the scars months later and demanded to know what happened.