[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 22527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08856]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


TRICARE Access to Care Demonstration Project

AGENCY: Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of the TRICARE South Region United States 
Coast Guard Access to Care Demonstration for TRICARE Prime/TRICARE 
Prime Remote Beneficiaries.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested parties of a 2-year 
extension of the demonstration project in which the Department of 
Defense evaluates allowing United States Coast Guard (USCG) TRICARE 
Prime/TRICARE Prime Remote to utilize four visits per fiscal year to 
TRICARE authorized Urgent Care Centers without obtaining an 
authorization from their Primary Care Manager or an authorized Health 
Care Finder. The Department will continue to evaluate the costs/
benefits and beneficiary satisfaction of providing Prime enrolled USCG 
Active Duty members and their families quick, hassle free options for 
obtaining acute/urgent care at a lower cost diverting visits from the 
more expensive utilization of Emergency Rooms.

DATES: This demonstration project will continue through May 4, 2015.

ADDRESSES: TRICARE Management Activity, Health Plan Operations, 7700 
Arlington Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church, VA 22041.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions pertaining to this 
demonstration project, please contact Ms. Shane Pham at (703) 681-0039.

    Dated: April 11, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-08856 Filed 4-15-13; 8:45 am]
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