Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 5.11.2001

Nationwide TRICARE Demonstration Project

This notice is to advise interested parties of a demonstration project in which the Department of Defense will test the Military Health System's (MHS's) ability to address unreasonable impediments to the continuity of healthcare encountered by family members of Reservists and National Guardsmen called to active duty in support of a national emergency. This TRICARE Reserve Family Demonstration Project seeks to show that the MHS, with certain flexibility in operation, can ensure timely access to healthcare during a national crisis, maintain clinically appropriate continuity of healthcare to family members of activated reservists and guardsmen, appropriately limit the out-of- pocket expenses for those family members, and remove potential barriers to healthcare access by families in order to improve the morale and retention of reservists and guardsmen. In this Project, for family members of activated reservists and guardsmen, the Department of Defense will authorize an increase in the TRICARE payment for healthcare services received from non-participating providers under TRICARE Standard up to 115 percent of the TRICARE maximum allowable charge less the appropriate patient copayment; w