June 12, 2009 TRICARE Communicators Receive National Kudos The hard work of TRICARE Communications and Customer Service paid off recently, when several products and campaigns were honored with national awards. Heading the list of awards were three Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards from the 2009 National Association of Government Communicators competition.
April 16, 2012 TRICARE Dental Program changes The TRICARE Dental Program is a voluntary dental insurance program that is offered to family members of active duty as well as Reserve Component personnel and their families that has historically been administered by United Concordia Companies, Inc. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company will begin
March 23, 2010 TRICARE Extends Web-based Counseling Program To continue giving beneficiaries the help they need, the TRICARE Assistance Program has been extended through March 20, 2011. This demonstration program lets beneficiaries use the Internet and a Web cam to speak "face-to-face" with mental health counselors 24 hours a day, seven days a week from the
April 14, 2009 Tricare helps families face autism Autism delays the development of important life skills. Most people may take these social and communication skills for granted, but autism-related delays and problem behaviors usually start in infancy and can last a lifetime. Life is challenging not only for the diagnosed child, but for parents and
Nov. 4, 2009 TRICARE Offers New and Improved Pharmacy Benefits The TRICARE Management Activity is introducing significant new enhancements to beneficiaries as it combines its mail-order and retail pharmacy contracts into one new contract called TRICARE Pharmacy. The improvements to the TRICARE Pharmacy program include the Specialty Medication Care Management
Dec. 13, 2011 TRICARE offers Prime option for young adults Military families have a new TRICARE Prime option for young adults without healthcare coverage.TRICARE Young Adult Prime gives eligible family members TRICARE Prime medical and pharmacy coverage for a $201 monthly premium. Military family members who are not married, who have "aged out" of other
Jan. 25, 2016 TRICARE OTC coverage changes Feb. 1 TRICARE's over-the-counter drug coverage is here to stay. Formerly a demonstration program, the OTC benefit becomes a permanent part of the TRICARE pharmacy benefit Feb. 1, 2016. Effective that date, TRICARE is making some changes to OTC coverage to bring it in line with other TRICARE pharmacy
Sept. 10, 2012 TRICARE Prime Fees Changing For most retirees enrolled in TRICARE Prime, the annual enrollment fee is rising.It's that time of year again. TRICARE Prime billing statements have gone out in the West Region. This year, enrollees will be seeing some new numbers in their statements. The individual and family annual enrollment fee
April 7, 2014 TRICARE recognizes Month of the Military Child Each April, the military community pauses to focus on its youngest members, those who don't deploy or travel to war, but are affected by those events just the same--the military child.Military children are unique in that they face frequent moves and parental deployments, in addition to the typical
June 13, 2013 TRICARE referral process resumes authorization requirement On April 1, UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans began serving as the TRICARE West Region managed care support contractor. Soon after the change to UnitedHealthcare, some beneficiaries and providers experienced service problems related to processing medical referral authorizations. To mitigate those