Tricare / CHAMPVA Test Prep
what is tricare? - >>>>a health care program for uniformed service members: includes active
duty and retired members of the:Army,Air Force,Navy,Marine Corps,Coast
Guard,Commissioned Corps o
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Tricare / CHAMPVA Test Prep
what is tricare? - >>>>a health care program for uniformed service members: includes active
duty and retired members of the:Army,Air Force,Navy,Marine Corps,Coast
Guard,Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service,Commissioned Corps of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association & their families,National Guard & Reserve
members,Survivors,Former spouses,Medal of Honor recipients and their families,Others
registered in DEERS
what are the types of beneficiaries for tricare? - >>>>-Sponsors:
*Active duty, retired, and Guard/Reserve Members
-Family Members:
*Spouses and children who are registered in DEERS (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting
System)
-Benefits and plans will vary depending on beneficiary category
in 1967 tricare did what and was known as what? - >>>>CHAMPUS
-provided military medicare care for families of active-duty members
what does CHAMPUS stand for? - >>>>Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed
Services
tricare supplements resources with networks of civilian health care professionals to provide
what? - >>>>-access
-high-quality service
tricare maintains what? - >>>>the capability to support military operations
what are the four regions of tricare? - >>>>-overseas
UNITED STATES:
-north, south, west
what are the lead agent staff of tricare? - >>>>-responsible for military health services system
(MHSS) in each region
what is the military health services system(MHSS) of tricare? - >>>>-Entire health care system
of U.S. uniformed services
-Includes military treatment facilities (MTFs)
-Includes programs in civilian health care market
what is health affairs (HA) of tricare? - >>>>-Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs
what is the health affairs of tricare responsible for? - >>>>Responsible for both military
readiness and peacetime health care
what is the TRICARE management Activity (TMA)? - >>>>-Formerly called OCHAMPUS
(Office of CHAMPUS)
-Office that coordinates and administers TRICARE program
-Serves as arbitrator for denied claims submitted for conside
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