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
Nov. 18, 2011 TRICARE reports data loss regarding personal information Science Applications International Corporation is mailing letters to affected military clinic and hospital patients regarding a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information. On Sept. 14, SAIC reported the loss of backup tapes containing electronic health care
May 18, 2011 TRICARE screenings – four ways to survive cancer Nearly 12 million Americans are living today after being told they have cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That's as many people as live in the state of Ohio.Due to medical advances, cancer is no longer a death sentence. More and more people are surviving because of
Sept. 8, 2009 TRICARE Standard Pays to be Preventive Obtaining clinical preventive services helps prevent illness before major health problems occur. Section 711 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2009 encourages eligible TRICARE Standard beneficiaries to use preventive health services by waiving all cost shares for certain types of these