DHA Director: Freedom to Switch Health Plans Makes it Harder to Plan for the Future Lt. Gen. Ronald Place's highest priority as director of the Defense Health Agency is great outcomes for every patient.
Tricare Users Get Discounts on Chiropractic Care, Gym Memberships in New Pilot The goal is that these types of partnerships will move Tricare to a value-based system instead of a volume-based program.
Army Secretary Calls for Slowdown of Military Health Care Merger The timeline to consolidate the services' medical treatment facilities under the Tricare managing agency was shortened last...
Tricare Panel Votes to End Coverage of Brand-Name Viagra, Cialis Viagra, generic name sildenafil, tablets are for short-term use, while Cialis, or tadalafil, is considered "long-acting."
Military Patients Will 'Absolutely Positively' See Better Care After Merger, DHA Head Says Improvements should include faster prescription pickups and painless appointment booking off base, he said.
Tricare Now Covering Portable CPAP Machines for Deployed Troops Tricare is now covering portable Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines backdated to Jan. 24, 2019.
Tricare to Cover Laser Treatments for Troops with Razor Bumps Tricare is changing its policy to let servicemen receive laser treatments at off-base facilities for razor bumps.
Senate Votes to Approve VA Fertility Treatments A measure approved by the Senate will allow veterans with reproductive injuries to receive fertility treatments through the...
Defense Budget Would Allow Pentagon to Pay Military Medical Malpractice Claims Advocates are hailing it as a partial victory over the longstanding "Feres Doctrine."
Tricare Contractor Pledges Help in Wake of Massive Billing Glitch The issue impacted all users in the East region who automatically pay monthly enrollment fees by credit or debit card.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
