Health Care Happenings

TRICARE has just issued its new handbook for TRICARE Standard and Extra beneficiaries.

The 68-page handbook includes information on accessing routine, urgent and emergency care, as well as TRICARE’s prior authorization and referral requirements. Also provided are sections on what’s covered by TRICARE Standard’s health and pharmacy benefits, and how to coordinate TRICARE with other health insurance (OHI). Information on claims, appeals, grievances, reporting fraud and abuse and much more can also be found in this new TRICARE Standard handbook.

TRICARE STandard and Extra are available to family members of active duty service members, retired service members and their families and others including those who purchase TRICARE Reserve Select. With TRICARE Standard, beneficiaries manage their own healthcare and have the freedom to seek care from any TRICARE-authorized provider. TRICARE Extra provides discounted cost-shares for seeking care from network providers.

The “TRICARE Standard Handbook: Your Guide to Using TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra” is available in a convenient e-Version at: http://www.tricare.mil/standardhandbook