Download or read book Defense Health Care DoD Lacks Assurance That Selected Reserve Members are Informed about TRICARE Reserve Select written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) provides certain members of theSelected Reserve - reservists considered essential to wartimemissions - with the ability to purchase health care coverage under the Department of Defense's (DoD) TRICARE program after their active duty coverage expires. TRS is similar to TRICARE Standard, a fee-for-service option, and TRICARE Extra, a preferred provider option. This report examines: (1) how DoD ensures that members of the Selected Reserve are informed about TRS; and (2) how DoD monitors and evaluates access to civilian providers for TRS beneficiaries. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
Download or read book Defense Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense Health Care: DOD Lacks Assurance That Selected Reserve Members Are Informed about TRICARE Reserve Select
Download or read book Defense Health Care written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) provides certain members of the Selected Reserve, reservists considered essential to wartime missions, with the ability to purchase health care coverage under the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE program after their active duty coverage expires. TRS is similar to TRICARE Standard, a fee-for service option, and TRICARE Extra, a preferred provider option. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 directed GAO to review TRS education and access to care for TRS beneficiaries. This report examines (1) how DOD ensures that members of the Selected Reserve are informed about TRS and (2) how DOD monitors and evaluates access to civilian providers for TRS beneficiaries. GAO reviewed and analyzed documents and evaluated an analysis of claims conducted by DOD. GAO also interviewed officials with the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), the DOD entity responsible for managing TRICARE; the regional TRICARE contractors; the Office of Reserve Affairs; and the seven reserve components. GAO recommends that the Secretary of Defense direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs to develop a policy requiring each reserve component to designate a centralized point of contact for TRS education. DOD partially concurred with this recommendation, citing a concern about regional coordination. GAO modified the recommendation.
Download or read book Military Health Care Cost Data Indicate That TRICARE Reserve Select premiums Exceeded the Costs of providing Program Benefits written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense health care most reservists have civilian health coverage but more assistance is needed when TRICARE is used written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Health Care written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " DOD provides health and mental health care through its TRICARE program. TRICARE offers three basic options. Beneficiaries who choose TRICARE Prime, an option that uses civilian provider networks, must enroll. Beneficiaries who do not enroll in this option may obtain care from nonnetwork providers under TRICARE Standard or from network providers under TRICARE Extra. In addition, qualified National Guard and Reserve servicemembers may purchase TRICARE Reserve Select, a plan whose care options are similar to those of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra. GAO refers to servicemembers who use TRICARE Standard, TRICARE Extra, or TRICARE Reserve Select as nonenrolled beneficiaries. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 directed DOD to conduct annual surveys over fiscal years 2008 through 2011 of both beneficiaries and civilian providers to determine the adequacy of access to health and mental health care providers for nonenrolled beneficiaries. It also directed GAO to review these surveys. This report addresses (1) what the results of the 4-year beneficiary surveys indicate about the adequacy of access to care for nonenrolled beneficiaries; (2) what the results of the 4-year civilian provider surveys indicate about civilian providers' awareness and acceptance of TRICARE, and (3) what the collective results of the surveys indicate about access to care by geographic area. To do so, GAO"
Download or read book Defense Health Care written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " DOD provides health care through TRICARE, its regionally structured health care program. In each of its regions (North, South, West), DOD has a TRO that oversees health care delivery. Beneficiaries who choose the TRICARE Prime option must enroll. Beneficiaries who do not enroll may obtain care under the TRICARE Standard, Extra, or Reserve Select options-referred to as nonenrolled beneficiaries. Since TRICARE's inception in 1995, nonenrolled beneficiaries have complained about difficulties finding civilian providers who will accept them as patients. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 mandated that GAO evaluate the processes, procedures, and analyses used by DOD to determine the adequacy of access to care for these beneficiaries. This report addresses the extent to which the TROs have assessed nonenrolled beneficiaries' access to care. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed and analyzed relevant documentation and interviewed DOD officials, including officials in each of the TROs. In addition, GAO reviewed federal internal control standards for monitoring performance. GAO also interviewed officials from organizations representing military beneficiaries to discuss their perspectives on the TROs' efforts. "
Download or read book Defense Health Care written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense health care more specific guidance needed for assessing nonenrolled TRICARE beneficiaries access to care written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD provides health care through TRICARE, its regionally structured health care program. In each of its regions (North, South, West), DOD has a TRO that oversees health care delivery. Beneficiaries who choose the TRICARE Prime option must enroll. Beneficiaries who do not enroll may obtain care under the TRICARE Standard, Extra, or Reserve Select options, referred to as nonenrolled beneficiaries. Since TRICARE's inception in 1995, nonenrolled beneficiaries have complained about difficulties finding civilian providers who will accept them as patients. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 mandated that GAO evaluate the processes, procedures, and analyses used by DOD to determine the adequacy of access to care for these beneficiaries. This report addresses the extent to which the TROs have assessed nonenrolled beneficiaries' access to care. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed and analyzed relevant documentation and interviewed DOD officials, including officials in each of the TROs. In addition, GAO reviewed federal internal control standards for monitoring performance. GAO also interviewed officials from organizations representing military beneficiaries to discuss their perspectives on the TROs' efforts. GAO recommends that DOD enhance existing guidance for the TROs to include more specificity on assessing nonenrolled beneficiaries' access to care.
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Download or read book Defense Health Care written by Debra A. Draper and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dept. of Defense (DOD) provides health and mental health care through its TRICARE program, which offers three basic options. Beneficiaries who choose TRICARE Prime, an option that uses civilian provider networks, must enroll. Beneficiaries who do not enroll in this option may obtain care from non-network providers under TRICARE Standard or from network providers under TRICARE Extra. In addition, qualified National Guard and Reserve servicemembers may purchase TRICARE Reserve Select, a plan whose care options are similar to those of TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra. This report addresses (1) what the results of the 4-year DOD beneficiary surveys indicate about the adequacy of access to care for nonenrolled beneficiaries; (2) what the results of the 4-year civilian provider surveys indicate about civilian providers’ awareness and acceptance of TRICARE; and (3) what the collective results of the surveys indicate about access to care by geographic area. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Gao 06 128r Defense Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-06-128R, Defense Health Care: Health Insurance Stipend Program Expected to Cost More Than TRICARE But Could Improve Continuity of Care for Dependents of Activated Reserve Component Members stipend to reservists when are they are activated
Download or read book Tricare written by Rebecca D. Renfro and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 1, 1997, a new Department of Defense plan for providing health care insurance for military personnel took effect at Ellsworth Air Force. This plan requires military retirees and their dependents to choose between two very different insurance options: Tricare Prime, which is a managed care Health Maintenance Organization, and Tricare Standard, which is a traditional Fee For Service plan. Both Prime and Standard have serious problems, and Tricare administrators did not provide eligible personnel with adequate information on which to base their choice of plan. This report examines background information on HMOs and military health care, the provisions of each Tricare option, and problems arising in their implementation in order to make an informed decision as to which plan provides better medical care. The two most important issues addressed are costs and medical care providers.Prime gives its enrollees very little control over management of their care and offers extremely limited choice of health care providers. It has not yet demonstrated its ability to provide quality care for serious illness, and it requires coordination of military and civilian providers in the same network. Tricare Standard is more expensive, but it offers beneficiaries control and extensive choices in management of their health care. It does not depend on civilian-military interaction, and does not subordinate retiree health care to military readiness issues. Therefore, for retirees living near Ellsworth, Standard would seem to offer higher quality care to those who can risk the potentially greater costs. It is, however, important to understand that changes in Tricare, pending federal legislation, military budgets, and response of local medical providers to problems with Tricare all require that any recommendation made now be frequently reevaluated.
Download or read book Military Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Health Care: Cost Data Indicate That TRICARE Reserve Select Premiums Exceeded the Costs of Providing Program Benefits
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Download or read book Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 1.9 million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Many service members and veterans face serious challenges in readjusting to normal life after returning home. This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.
Download or read book Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation written by United States. Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
