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Tricare provides civilian health benefits for U.S Armed Forces military personnel, military retirees, and their dependents, including some members of the Reserve Component. Tricare is the civilian care component of the Military Health System, although historically it also included health care delivered in military medical treatment facilities.
The Blue Button is a symbol on a website—for example, an online patient portal provided by a health care provider or insurer—that patients may use to download their health information. Depending on the implementation, users can download a variety of information in multiple formats, including text and PDF.
In October 2001, TRICARE benefits were extended to retirees and their dependents aged 65 and over. [1] On Oct. 1, 2013, the Defense Health Agency replaced the TRICARE Management Activity. The MHS has a $50+ billion budget and serves approximately 9.5 million beneficiaries. [4]
On July 21, 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Humana Government Business the TRICARE 2017 contract for the East Region, with WPS MVH as a subcontractor. WPS will provide information technology support, claims processing, and customer service functions. The East Region includes 30 states and approximately 6 million TRICARE beneficiaries.
In 1993, Humana founded Humana Military Healthcare Services (HMHS) as a wholly owned subsidiary. [5] They were awarded their first TRICARE contract in 1995, and began serving military beneficiaries in 1996. [32] From 2004 to 2009, HMHS was the managed care contractor for the Department of Defense Military Health System TRICARE South Region.
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime.
In 1993, the USTFs developed a managed care plan, called the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan, and in 1996, became “TRICARE Designated Providers”—the first DoD-sponsored, full-risk managed health care plan and the first to serve the military 65 and older population (other than on a limited demonstration basis).
In U.S. health insurance, a preferred provider organization (PPO), sometimes referred to as a participating provider organization or preferred provider option, is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide health care at ...