PacMed Ready to Receive Military Beneficiaries Losing Group Health Access.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998--PacMed Clinics announced today that its 14-clinic network is ready to immediately accommodate military beneficiaries and family members facing the cancellation of Group Health's contract with TRICARE Prime. Department of Defense contractor Noun 1. defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; Foundation Federal Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract announced that effective March 1, 1999 its subcontractor Group Health Cooperative Group Health Cooperative, based in Seattle, Washington, is a consumer-governed nonprofit healthcare system. Established in 1947, it today provides coverage and care for about 540,000 people in Washington and Idaho and is one of the largest private employers in Washington. and affiliate Group Health Northwest will cease caring for approximately 23,000 military beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Prime. As a TRICARE Designated Provider, PacMed contracts with the Department of Defense to administer the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP USFHP Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (US DoD) ). USFHP provides the TRICARE Prime Uniform Benefit and is an additional healthcare option for military beneficiaries in the Puget Sound area. USFHP can immediately accept enrollment transfers from those military beneficiaries who have been enrolled in TRICARE Prime at Group Health. "We are working to make sure that TRICARE Prime enrollees now using Group Health have current information about all their health care options so they will have easy access to a provider as the Group Health contract runs out," says Tita Montero mon·te·ro n. pl. mon·te·ros A hunter's cap with side flaps. [Spanish, hunter, from monte, mountain, from Latin m , USFHP Director at PacMed Clinics. "Many of the affected beneficiaries live in the area serviced by USFHP and the PacMed Clinics network is ready to receive them and ensure their continuity of care." The USFHP service area includes all of King County, much of Snohomish County, and parts of Pierce, Mason and Kitsap counties. PacMed has served military beneficiaries for more than 50 years, and is one of the largest not-for-profit multi-specialty provider group practices in the region. PacMed employs more than 150 providers at 14 clinic locations, including more than 50 medical and surgical sub-specialists. PacMed offers additional specialists and hospital services through contracts at some of the region's finest facilities, including Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Medical Center is a large nonprofit health care provider located in Seattle, Washington. , Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Steven's Hospital, Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center The University of Washington Medical Center is a nationally renowned hospital located in the University District of Seattle, Washington, USA. It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine. The 2007 issue of U.S. More information about the USFHP option for military beneficiaries is available at 206/621-4090 or 800/585-5883 or online at www.pacmed.org. |
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