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New Tricare contracts bring health care changes
Beneficiaries can expect easier transfer of medical referrals when they move, among other things, with the new Tricare contracts.
By Karen Jowers
Tricare West beneficiaries granted more time for payment updates
Tricare beneficiaries in the West Region have more time to set up recurring payments with the new regional contractor.
By Karen Jowers
New health care savings benefit coming to troops in 2025
This tax-savings benefit will help defray out-of-pocket costs for medical and dental services and items.
By Karen Jowers
VA to resume new electronic health record rollout in mid-2026
The project was scheduled to take 10 years and cost $16 billion. Nearly eight years later, only six of VA’s 170-plus medical sites are using the software.
Suicides among veterans remain unchanged despite federal focus
The figures are the latest available from federal census data and suggest limited progress on the issue of suicide prevention by Veterans Affairs leaders.
Plan would cover all health care costs for thousands of vets overseas
Providing more health care coverage for disabled veterans living abroad could be a major focus of the next session of Congress.
Congress finalizes sweeping bill to help veteran caregivers
The measure to expand assistance for veteran caregivers easily passed both the House and Senate, and now heads to the White House to become law.
Lawmakers call for in-depth VA study on blast pressure injuries
The 10-year research plan would examine blast injuries among veterans and offer suggestions for treatments.
Some Tricare beneficiaries will change regions by ZIP code in 2025
Beneficiaries in these four states will switch to — or stay in — a different Tricare region than the rest of their state come the new year.
By Karen Jowers