[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 80903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33067]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Intent To Expand Implementation of the TRICARE[supreg] 
Program in Alaska

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs announces the intent to expand implementation of the TRICARE 
Program in Alaska. The expansion will require the Managed Care Support 
Contractor to develop and operate a TRICARE civilian preferred provider 
network under 32 CFR 199.17(p) within the Anchorage Prime Service Area 
of Alaska. Eligible TRICARE beneficiaries will be permitted to enroll 
in Prime with assignment to Military Treatment Facility (MTF) Primary 
Care Managers (PCMs) consistent with established priorities provided in 
32 CFR 199.17(c) or assignment to a PCM within the TRICARE civilian 
preferred provider network. The initial expansion included the Prime 
Service Areas around Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base.
    Under 32 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 199.1(b), the Director 
had previously limited the program in Alaska. Subsequently through the 
notice of November 3, 2010, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a101103c.html, the limitation was partially revoked, and now the 
Director is revoking another part of the prior limitation in Alaska and 
intends to provide the benefit under 32 CFR 199.17 (p).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC Stephen Oates, TRICARE Policy and 
Operations Directorate, TRICARE Management Activity, 5111 Leesburg 
Pike, Suite 810, Falls Church, VA 22041, telephone (703) 681-8711.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2011-33067 Filed 12-23-11; 8:45 am]
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