Enroll in DoD's New Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts Starting March 3 Military service members can set aside up to $3,300 tax free for medical expenses starting in 2025, the first time the...
Pentagon's Top Doc Defends Military Health System Budget, Lays Out Plans for Improvements Retired Navy officer and military spouse Dr. Steve Ferrara serves as acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs...
Media Barred from Covering Top Defense, VA Health Officials at Conference Amid Concerns over Care Reporters who tried to sign up to attend the annual meeting of the AMSUS Society of Federal Health Professionals were told...
Military Health System Beneficiaries Urged to Download Old Medical Records by April 1 With the transition to MHS Genesis, the Defense Department is decommissioning the Tricare Online Patient Portal.
Pentagon Scrambles for Fixes as Tricare Beneficiaries in Western US Hit with Contractor Issues Defense Health Agency Director Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland issued an open letter to Tricare beneficiaries acknowledging...
Mental Health Providers in Tricare East Go Unpaid After Claims Processor Switch The delay in payments has some wondering whether they can continue providing care to military personnel and their families.
Tricare to Allow Patients in Tricare West Region to Receive Specialty Care Without Preapproval The preauthorization requirement waiver was issued to help address ongoing administrative problems with new contractor...
Problems with Tricare Contract Transition 'Actively Harming' Military, Lawmaker Tells Pentagon Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., represents military health beneficiaries near and on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Tricare West Region Beneficiaries Get Another Chance to Update Payment Information The second extension was made to ensure that beneficiaries who have been unable to update their payment information can do so...
Tricare West Region Beneficiaries and Providers Are Flooding Former Contractor with Calls A contract changeover has caused a host of issues for Tricare West Region beneficiaries.
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...
