Air Force Extends 22 Civilian Health Care Staffing Contracts For $984 Million

On November 24, 2015, the Department of Defense announced that the Air Force extended its contracts, valued in total at $983.5 million, with 22 civilian health care staffing companies that provide medical services at 64 American military facilities located in the United States and one in Guam. The contracts are extended through April 2018, and possibly 2019. The staffing contractors provide a variety of civilian clinical health care professionals, including behavioral health professionals, to supplement the military medical staff at Air Force military treatment facilities (MTFs). The behavioral health professionals to be provided include the following types: clinical nurse . . .