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Q&A: What To Know as New TRICARE Contracts Begin in 2025

New TRICARE managed care support contracts, known as T-5, will start on Jan. 1, 2025. The new contracts will improve health care delivery, quality, and access for beneficiaries living in the United States.

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Retiring? Get Answers to Your TRICARE Questions at May 23 Webinar

Are you or your sponsor approaching retirement from active duty or the National Guard or Reserve? On Thursday, May 23, from 4 to 5 p.m. ET, join TRICARE for a webinar about the TRICARE plans available to you in retirement.

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TRICARE and Marriage: What You Need To Know

Getting married is an exciting time in your life. If you’re a new military spouse, there are certain things you need to do to enroll in a TRICARE health plan.

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Age 45 or Older? Screen for Colorectal Cancer With TRICARE

Colorectal cancer is on the rise in people under 50 in the United States. Recent guidelines state that anyone at average risk for colorectal cancer should start getting screenings at age 45. Getting screened is easy, and TRICARE covers several options for colorectal cancer exams.

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This week is Nurses’ Week! We want to give a huge mahalo to all of our nurses out there who do such amazing work and provide excellent care to our patients. #NursesWeek #NationalNursesWeek

Nurses Week 2024

This week is Nurses’ Week! We want to give a huge mahalo to all of our nurses out there who do such amazing work and provide excellent care to our patients. #NursesWeek #NationalNursesWeek

Tired of waiting in line for your refill prescription? Tripler's Outpatient Pharmacy ScriptCenter has got you covered. Tripler's ScriptCenter is the first pharmacy kiosk in a military treatment facility on Oahu. The kiosk is located in the pharmacy waiting area, at Mountainside 4G.

Tripler Army Medical Center Outpatient Pharmacy ScriptCenter

Tripler Army Medical Center Outpatient Pharmacy ScriptCenter

When U.S. Army Capt. David Samsel, a physician, is not working at Warrior Ohana Medical Home in Kapolei, he can often be found acting on a local theater stage.

From the clinic to the stage: A Tripler physician performs in local theater

When U.S. Army Capt. David Samsel, a physician, is not working at Warrior Ohana Medical Home in Kapolei, he can often be found acting on a local theater stage. This year, he played Eddie McCune in the Diamond Head Theatre’s production of “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” which ran Feb. 2-24. The play is a fast-paced and deliriously funny farce that takes place in an isolated mansion in the middle of a snowstorm. The characters are cut off from the outside world with only a deranged murderer, the Stage Door Slasher, for company.

Fourty-two Soldiers from Tripler Army Medical Center, Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center, Public Health Command Pacific, Dental Health Command Pacific, U.S. Army MEDDAC Alaska, U.S. Army MEDDAC Japan, and Brian D. Aligood Army Community Hospital Korea competed in the Best Leader Competition Apr. 1-4 at TAMC, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Air Field, and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Tripler Army Medical Center Soldiers win the 2024 MRC-P BLC competition

Fourty-two Soldiers from Tripler Army Medical Center, Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center, Public Health Command Pacific, Dental Health Command Pacific, U.S. Army MEDDAC Alaska, U.S. Army MEDDAC Japan, and Brian D. Aligood Army Community Hospital Korea competed in the Best Leader Competition Apr. 1-4 at TAMC, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Air Field, and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

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