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Show Hl&top J!y 26, 2001 TriWest contract extended for central region The U.S. DepartPHOENIX, Ariz. ment of Defense Military Health System has awards TriWest Healthcare Alliance r extension of its manCorp. a aged care support contract for the TRICARE Central Region. With this contract extension,TriWest, which has just begun the fifth and final year of its original contract, will continue to manage health care for more than 1.5 million active duty and retired service members and their families through 2006. "I am very pleased that TriWest was awarded this extension. It is an equitable arrangement for both the taxpayers and the corporation, and we are pleased to continue serving this most important and plans and two university hospital systems. formed a unique partnership that has resulted in dramatic increases in the efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery and customer service throughout the region," says Col Ted McNitt, TRICARE Central Region lead agent "Two ofthe region's medical groups and their local TRICARE Service Centers four-yea- 16-sta- te holders include TRICARE is available at www.triwest.com. -- l 16-sta- Blue Cross Blue Shield w;::w777?n rAI ICnDMIA D ACER 124 Airfare 2 Night Stratosphere Free SL Airport Parking Free Laughlin Trip ! 625-023- 3 2 (Call for further details) Full Custom Work Available from TRICARE Plus doesn't pay for referred care or other care provided in the civilian community. Other health care insurance, such as Medicare and TRICARE For Life, may pay for civilian health care services obtained by a TRICARE Plus enrollee. For more information about TRICARE Plus, contact the 75th Medical GroupTRICARE office at Ext. check the TRICARE Web site at or call www.tri-care.osd.milnd- (888) Dr. Grace O'Brien N 'If AI I $250 363-543- Tl Family Practice Has Relocated to Mountain View Family Care Hotel Rental Car Airfare Game Tickets: Dodgers, Angels, A's, Giants or Padres Rated Northern Utah's & 1 Aaencv" Sat, till 6 p.m. 544-180- 124 South Fairfield 0 546-944- 1 688 N. Main, Layton I' ft CHECK LOANS PAY DAY LOANS ity. SNELGR0VE TRAVEL CENTER Open till 8 p.m. Frl. Checks & "More annual enrollment fee; however TRICARE Plus only covers care rendered in the Military Treatment Facil- The 75th MDG and the managed care support con LA$ VEGAS has moved to 3040 Washington organization. There is no cost to join and no (888)-DOD-LIF- - GsaOTTOCE: A.S.I Tattoos of Ogden it: Beginning Oct. 1, Military Health System beneficiaries can enroll in a new TRICARE op'ion called "TRICARE Plus." The new option was developed following new legislation which "Restores the Promise" of providing healthcare services to the senior population. Hill AFB beneficiaries enrolling in TRICARE Plus will receive the same access standards to primary care at the 75th Medical Group as TRICARE Prime. The 75th MDG will enroll up to 1,500 beneficiaries in the TRICARE Plus program on a first come, first served basis. TRICARE Plus information and enrollment packets will be available at several locations on base starting Wednesday. Interested beneficiaries may receive a TRICARE Plus packet in the mail by calling the 75th MDG TRICARE Plus Business Office at Ext. the Central Region was the catalyst for mize customer service and access to health care for our TRICARE beneficiaries in the Central Region, and I believe that the DoD has recognized this hard work by extending our contract" TriWest Healthcare Alliance, based in Arizona, was founded in 1995. Its share11 Chief. TRICARE were recently saluted as 'Heroes of deserving population," said David J. Mcln-tyr- e Jr.. president and CEO of TriWest "TriWest has worked very hard to opti- tractor. TriWest, will host informational seminars on TRICARE Plus and TRICARE For Life at the Base Theater, Bldg. 44 1, Aug. 23 and 24, noon and 3 p.m.: and Aug. 25, 10 a.m. TRICARE Plus is open to people eligible for care in the Military Treatment Facility (to include beneficiaries over the age of 65), and not enrolled in TRICARE Prime or a commercial health maintenance by Marty Kessfer TRICARE by the TRICARE Management Activity. I am convinced that the partnering philosophy shared by TriWest and these achievements." TriWest Healthcare Alliance is contracted with the DoD for the managed care support and administration of the TRITRICARE program in the CARE Central Region. TriWest's goal is to provide the region's TRICARE beneficiaries with access to cost-e- f fective, quality health care and superior customer service. 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