The Consolidate Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA) established the Third-Party Collection Program. Under this program Military Medical Treatment Facilities are obligated to bill health insurance carriers for the cost of medical care furnished to patients who have other health insurance.
The Uniform Business Office was the first Medical Treatment Facility to establish and implement billing and collecting procedures for Third Party Collection Program. Billing outpatient visits was initiated in January 1992 and now we have expanded further by billing for ancillary procedures( Rad/Lab) and pharmacy prescriptions from external providers.
The mission of the Third Party Collection Program is to maximum collections in order to enhance patient care.
