8/7/2013 - FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- The Defense Department will reduce the number of TRICARE Prime service areas in the United States beginning Oct. 1, affecting about 171,000 retirees and their ...

Tricare Prime offers fewer out-of-pocket costs than Tricare Select, but less freedom of choice for providers. If you do not live in a prime service area, additional Prime options for active duty ...

DoD to cut Tricare Prime in 5 West areas. Sections. News Pay & Benefits Flashpoints Education & Transition Pentagon & Congress Off Duty Veterans Military Honor Subscribe Now Opens in new window.

Most of these 171,400 beneficiaries will need to shift health coverage from Prime to TRICARE Standard, the military’s fee-for-service health insurance option.

By Tom Philpott - The TRICARE Management Activity has a new online tool for retirees under age 65 and surviving spouses to verify if their Prime network will end Oct. 1, forcing them to use ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. | Defense Department officials will reduce the number of TRICARE Prime service areas in the United States beginning Oct. 1, affecting about 171,000 retirees and their family ...

Military retirees and their family members removed from Tricare Prime on Oct. 1 may be allowed to get their old healthcare plans back. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

Here's the dryly named press release from the Pentagon: "Information Paper on Elimination of Prime Service Areas" Starting Oct. 1, the Defense Department is cutting back on the areas where it ...

I am an active-duty member who serves as my command’s health benefits advocate for Tricare. After Healthnet took over the North Region, I could do nothing but brag about how well they worked the ...

Tricare beneficiaries in certain ZIP codes will change regions come the new year, officials said. Shown here, Nurse Practitioner Alison Gwinn listens to a patient during a 2019 appointment at ...