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TRICARE Sends $269.1M SOS for Overseas Health Care

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International SOS Assistance in Trevose, PA won a fixed-price requirements contract to provide health care support services, dental care services and claims processing to the US Department of Defense TRICARE Overseas Program. The total potential contract value, including an approximately 10-month base period and 5 one-year option periods for health care delivery, plus a transition-out period, is estimated at $269.1 million. The TRICARE Management Activity provides health care coverage to 9.4 million active duty military family members, military retirees and their eligible family members. The new contract includes the establishment of host nation provider networks around military treatment facility (MTFs)… Surgery, USNS Mercy(click to view full) International SOS Assistance will support the chief of the TRICARE Overseas Program Branch, TRICARE area office directors, and MTF commanders in operating an integrated health care delivery system that combines resources from the US military’s direct medical care system with the contractor’s health care support services. The contract includes services for active duty family members enrolled in TRICARE Prime who require emergency health care services while traveling overseas. TRICARE Prime is a managed care option. According to the National Libary of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, managed care includes: “Health insurance plans […]

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