Retirees Far From Bases To Lose Tricare Prime
Tricare Prime, the military's managed-care option, will end Oct. 1, 2013, for retirees, their family members and for military survivors who reside more than
40 miles from a military treatment facility or from a base closure site, Tricare Management Activity announced Wednesday.
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. For beneficiaries who use more than preventive health care during the year, the shift will mean higher out-of-pocket costs. (See complete memorandum
HERE.)
Tobacco-Free 92nd MDG Treatment Facility Campus
Effective Oct. 1, 2012, the 92nd MDG will become a tobacco free campus. The MDG campus includes all outdoor areas (e.g. parking lots, grass areas) with the prohibition including the use of both smoking and non-smoking forms of tobacco. This action is in response to the new AFI 40-102, Tobacco use in the Air Force, and DODI 1010.15, Smoke-Free DOD Facilities. Aligned with this policy is our support of the additional restrictions that must be implemented at Fairchild AFB. (See complete memorandum
HERE.)
Yellow Cards
The clinic is going away with yellow cards but the Pharmacy will still use the yellow "signature cards" authorizing other people to pick up their medications.
Faxes
We have changed our process. Faxes can be picked up next day, but we only start processing once the patient is at the pharmacy and checks-in. We were getting too many faxed in prescriptions that patients were not picking up, so we had to change our policy.
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