As the Tricare West Region contract transitions to TriWest, the previous contractor says it is receiving a 'deluge of misdirected calls' from TriWest beneficiaries. (Defense Health Agency) Changes are ...

Military families should pay attention to upcoming health care deadlines. Here, Nurse Practitioner Alison Gwinn listens with a stethoscope to a patient at Fort Lee, Virginia, in 2019. (Lesley Atkinson ...

Changes are coming to Tricare beginning Jan. 1, 2018. Currently, there are three Tricare regions in the U.S.: North, South and West. The North and South regions will combine on Jan. 1, 2018 to form ...

A federal judge has cleared the way for TriWest Healthcare Alliance to become the contractor in charge of civilian medical networks for the Defense Department’s Tricare West Region. Judge Ryan Holte ...

The Defense Health Agency is proposing to cut the number of Tricare regions from three to two, a cost-savings plan that would sharply increase competition for the next round of lucrative Pentagon ...

Remember how Tricare is shifting its regions from three to two while changing who runs its regional contracts? In case you don't, here's a quick recap: Tricare regions are shifting from West, North ...

Beneficiaries now have until April 30 to obtain referral approval and point-of-service waivers and provide payment information to TriWest. (Pexels.com via DVIDS) Defense Health Agency officials have ...

On Jan. 1, the Defense Health Agency implemented a number of changes to TRICARE, including a region consolidation and health care policy changes mandated by Congress. Several customer service issues ...

Defense officials are working with the Tricare West contractor to fix widespread problems affecting access to care for military beneficiaries. (File photo) This story has been updated with information ...

Bid protests over the Defense Department’s latest TRICARE contract award won’t disrupt beneficiaries’ access to health care, the military health system has assured TRICARE enrollees. “The current ...

Changes are coming to Tricare regions on Jan. 1, 2025, and certain military beneficiaries who are - or will be - in the West Region have less than two weeks to provide their payment information to the ...