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abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| TMA | Tricare Management Activity |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| DEERS | Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System |
| NAS | Nonavailability Statement |
| MTF | Military Treatment Facility |
| HCF | Health Care Finder |
| HBA | health Benefits Advisor |
| ADSM | Active Duty Service Member |
| SHCP | Supplemental Health Care Program |
| CHAMPVA | Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Veterans Administration |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| PERRLA | Public Equal Round Reacting to Light & accommodation |
| LOC | Loss of Consciousness |
| WBC | White Blood Count |
| PA | Posterior Anterior |
| CHAMPUS | Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
| Beneficiary | an individual entitled to receive insurance policy/ government program health care benefits |
| Sponsor | Active duty service Member ( ADSM ) |
| Service Retiree or Military Retiree | an individual who is retired from a career in the armed forces, military retiree |
| Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) | an electronic database used to verify beneficiary eligibility for those individuals in the Tricare programs |
| Military Treatment Facility (MTF) | All uniformed service hospitals/ health clinics, military hospitals/ uninformed service hospitals |
| Non Availability Statement | certification from a military hospital stating it cannot provide the care needed |
| Catchment Area | an area defined by zip codes, that is approximately 40 miles in radius surrounding each United states military treatment immediately |
| Urgent Care | medically necessary treatment that is required for illness/injury that results in further disability or death if not treated immediately |
| Emergency | a sudden unexpected medical condition or the worsening of a condition that poses a threat to life |
| Cooperative Care | consists of services or supplies that maybe cost shared by Tricare standard under certain conditions |
| Health Care Finder | A health care professional generally a RN who helps the patient work with his or her primary care physician to locate a specialist or obtain a preauthorization for care |
| Tricare Prime | a voluntary HMO type option for Tricare beneficiaries |
| Tricare For Life | A healthcare program that offers additional Tricare benefits as a supplementary payer to medicare for uninformed service retiree's, their spouses, & survivors 65 plus |
| Tricare Extra | A PPO type of Tricare option in which the individual doe not have to enroll/pay annual fee |
| Veteran | any person who has served in the armed forces of the US and has received an honorable discharge for at least 10years |
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