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Deadline looms for working-age retirees to reinstate lost Tricare Select coverage
The deadline is June 30 to reinstate your Tricare Select coverage.
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Pay & Benefits
Backlog of pathology cases forces Fort Belvoir hospital to take action
No information is available about whether backlogs are widespread in DoD health care.
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Marketer sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for role in massive Tricare fraud scheme
Scheme involved charging thousands of dollars for compounded medications that Tricare beneficiaries didn't need.
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Some Texas Fisher Houses undergoing repairs following extensive winter storm damage
Damage is estimated at $266,000 at one Fisher House at Lackland AFB.
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Billet cuts affecting military medical facilities and patients, lawmaker says
'We’ve seen them lose access to quality care.'
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Military parents would get 12 weeks of leave to care for new children under congressional proposal
The time off would apply to both primary and secondary caregivers.
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Some military treatment facilities failed to limit ADHD prescription lengths, audit finds
At least 65 military treatment facilities ignored Defense Health Agency guidance to limit ADHD prescriptions to no more than 90-day supplies.
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Caregivers rejected for VA financial aid could get new appeal chances
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims says families should get a chance to take their cases to the Board of Veterans' Appeals, which handles other benefits disputes.
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DoD launches online COVID-19 vaccination scheduling tool
DAP allows you to schedule a COVID vaccination, if you're eligible, at participating DoD locations using any computer, tablet or smartphone outside the DoD network.
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Troops and families report mixed results in COVID vaccine availability
Some bases are making it easy to get shots for those eligible; others are scouring availability in the civilian community.
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