The families of the military have two weeks to meet the deadlines of March 31 for four important tasks linked to their health care.
Register for a flexible health care expenditure account: In a period of special registration until March 31, members of the active service service have the possibility of registering for a Flexible health care expenditure account, a new advantage This could help affect their health care costs.
A flexible health care expenditure account, or FSA, is a savings account that can be used to pay the items not covered by health or dental insurance.
Members of the service can contribute any amount between $ 100 and $ 3,300 in profits before taxes this year to eligible health expenses, then subject receipts so that these expenses are reimbursed from their account. Each year, the internal Revenue Service determines eligible expenses and contribution limits.
By contributing to FSA, taxable income decreases the amount of the contribution. Savings on average 30% on eligible health costs, according to the flexible federal expenditure account, Prog? AM or FSAFS, which administers the FSA program for the Ministry of Defense and other federal agencies. Visit www.fsafds.gov For more information and to register.
Download the Portal Portal Portal online Portal: The Patient Tol portal will be closed on April 1 and replaced by the new electronic health file from the Ministry of Defense, MHS Genesis. To keep a copy of the inherited health files, the beneficiaries must download them by March 31. All hospitals and military clinics have made the transition to MHS Genesis, and previous recordings will not be transferred to MHS Genesis. However, providers will continue to have access to complete health records, according to the Defense Health Agency.
Beneficiaries can also request a physical copy of their military hospital or the clinical file management office by filling out a request form in person, then returning to a later date to recover the files. From April 1, to access your inherited recordings, you will need to finish this process.
To download the folders, visit www.tricareonline.comAnd connect using the required identification information. The web page provides instructions.
Beneficiaries of the Tricare West region must make their payment with Triwest: Beneficiaries who pay for their Tricare coverage using a transfer of bank electronic funds, a credit card or a debit card, must provide this information to the entrepreneur of New West Region, Triwest Healthcare Alliance. Officials extended the deadline for March 31 after the difficulty of beneficiaries to access the Triwest web portal and other problems.
This affects certain beneficiaries registered at Tricare Prime, Tricare Select, Tricare Young Adult, Tricare Reserve Select and Tricare Retirated Reserve. Officials assured the beneficiaries that if they pay by allocation, their powers will be automatically transferred to Triwest of the previous entrepreneur. This did not happen for some peopleMilitary Times previously reported, and the beneficiaries should check their remuneration statements for the allocation information. The payment requirement affects all the beneficiaries of the Western region, including those of the six states that have moved to the region: Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin.
Visit the secure triwest portal to www.tricare.mil/westSelect “Register as a new user or log in” and follow the instructions. For help, call the Triwest Customer Service Center at 888-874-9378.
The reference period of reference from the West Region ends soon, so use the first -rate references for specialized care before March 31: In the midst of problems with Triwest, those responsible temporarily suspended a rule forcing the beneficiaries to obtain their referrals to approved specialists, essentially Allow beneficiaries of Tricare West Prime to bypass Triwest in order to obtain specialized care. This is retroactive until January 1. The renunciation does not apply to certain care for hospitalized patients and certain specialized care, such as the analysis of the applied behavior or demonstration of autistic care.
The process is different for those who have references and authorizations issued before January 1 by the previous entrepreneur. These will be accepted by their expiration date or on June 30, according to the first possibility.
Karen has covered the families of the military, the quality of life and consumption problems for military times for more than 30 years, and is a co-author of a chapter on the media coverage of the families of the military in the book “A Battle Plan to support the families of the military”. Previously, she worked for newspapers in Guam, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Florida, and Athens, GA.