TRICARE Provider News is a new publication for TRICARE providers, published quarterly as a newsletter and monthly as smaller bulletins. You'll find articles related to all things TRICARE: benefits and program information, troubleshooting tips, and health-related news. Read Provider News and discover what is happening across the TRICARE West Region and in your patient community. The following articles are included in the current Provider News monthly bulletin.

• From the Desk of the CMOMore
  TriWest Healthcare Alliance is pleased to have been selected as the managed care support contractor for the 21 states and 2.6 million TRICARE beneficiaries in the West Region.
• TRICARE's Regional ConsolidationMore
  To better serve beneficiaries worldwide, the Department of Defense (DoD) is consolidating the TRICARE regions in the continental United States this year from 12 regions to three-West, North and South.
• Introducing TriWest Healthcare AllianceMore
  TriWest Healthcare Alliance (TriWest) of Phoenix, Ariz., welcomes providers to the TRICARE West Region.
• TRICARE FastFactsMore
  I am an Alaskan provider. Who should I call when I have questions?
• TriWest Contracts with WPS for Claims ProcessingMore
  TriWest Healthcare Alliance has contracted with Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS) of Madison, Wis., to serve as claims processor for the West Region.
• Tips For Avoiding Denied ClaimsMore
  Unnecessary claim denials are time-consuming and costly for everyone involved.
• TriWest and WPS Offer Four Electronic Claims Submission OptionsMore
  Because every provider's office is different, each has different claims filing needs.
• TRICARE Retail Pharmacy Program Consolidated Claims Submission OptionsMore
  As of June 1, 2004, Express Scripts, Inc. of Maryland Heights, Mo., became the sole benefit manager of the Department of Defense's (DoD) TRICARE Retail Pharmacy (TRRx) program.
• DoD Uniform Formulary Creates New Three-Tiered Pharmacy Cost StructureMore
  This year, TRICARE is establishing a single Department of Defense (DoD) Uniform Formulary under the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program, implemented through Title 32 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 199.21.
• Beneficiaries Carry New ID and Enrollment CardsMore
  What TRICARE Providers Need to Know
• POLICY UPDATE: Behavioral Health CareMore
  TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) provides TRICARE Prime beneficiaries with a uniform behavioral health care benefit worldwide.
• Supporting Your Local Military Treatment FacilityMore
  Civilian Provider Network Is Key to Seamless, Quality Care during High Deployment Times
• TRICARE Brings Health Care HomeMore
  What Home Health Agencies Need to Know
• Nationwide Claims Processing Established for Dual-Eligible BeneficiariesMore
  As part of the next generation of TRICARE contracts, the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) selected a single contractor, Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS)
• Clinicians and the TRICARE Fraud SquadMore
  Partners in the Fight By guest contributor Barbara Jannotti, Senior Health Care Fraud Specialist, TMA, PI
• What's New OnlineMore
  ... at www.triwest.com

The first issues of TRICARE Provider News were published under the title of Network News. The decision was made by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) to change the title and avoid confusion among the non-network providers who receive this publication.