Retiree Interest Monthly Post Nov 09
Jim_Higgins
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MI Hospital Inform initially contains only publicly available Medicare
inpatient and outpatient charge and payment data and quality data from
Hospital Compare, a website created through the efforts of the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
http://www.mihospitalinform.org/
Interpreting Your Hospital Bill
http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070715/23navbill.b.htm
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TRICARE
Understanding Veteran Health Care
http://www.military.com/benefits/veterans-health-care?wh=wh
*Understanding TRICARE*
http://www.military.com/benefits/tricare
Find A Provider
http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/Medical/FindingAProvider
Home Page:
http://www.tricare.mil/tma/default.aspx
Fact Sheets
http://www.tricare.mil/Factsheets/viewfactsheet.cfm?id=347
Beneficiary Info
http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/
Tricare E-Mail Subscriptions: Various Subjects:
https://service.govdelivery.com/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USMHSTMA
Fact Sheets By Topic Of Interest:
http://www.tricare.mil/Factsheets/browsetopic.cfm
Fact Sheets Browse A-Z:
http://www.tricare.mil/Factsheets/browseatoz.cfm
TRICARE Allowable Charges
http://www.tricare.mil/allowablecharges/
These amounts do not reflect TRICARE Beneficiary
out of pocket cost shares, co-payments, deductibles, or payments made by
any other Health Plan Coverages.
http://www.tricare.mil/tricarecost.cfm
New TRICARE Standard Handbook Released (October 11, 2006)
http://www.tricare.mil/news/news.aspx?fid=233
Tricare Smart - Tricare Products Online
http://www.tricare.mil/TRICARESmart/default.aspx
TRICARE North Product Categories
http://www.tricare.mil/TRICARESmart/Categories.aspx?RID=3
TRICARE South Product Categories
http://www.tricare.mil/TRICARESmart/Categories.aspx?RID=2
TRICARE West Product Categories
http://www.tricare.mil/TRICARESmart/Categories.aspx?RID=1
TRICARE Overseas Product Categories
http://www.tricare.mil/TRICARESmart/Categories.aspx?RID=4
USING TRICARE STANDARD OVERSEAS:
Europe
www.tricare.mil/europe
Latin America and Canada
www.tricare.mil/tlac
Pacific
www.tricare.mil/pacific
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TRICARE FOR LIFE
Tricare For Life (Wisconsin Physicians Service)
https://www.tricare4u.com
https://www.tricare4u.com/apps-portal/tricareapps-app/static/
Tricare For Life (dual eligibility)
http://www.military.com/benefits/tricare/tricare-for-life/tricare-for-life-and-dual-eligibility
or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6yqmoz
Tricare For Life Handbook (2.3MB .pdf download)
http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/Download/Forms/TFL_Handbook_rev_08.pdf
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PHARMACY
TRICARE Pharmacy Program
http://www.tricare.mil/Factsheets/viewfactsheet.cfm?id=299
Pharmacy Prescriptions
http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/ProfileFilter.do?puri=%2Fhome%2FPrescriptions
Uniform Formulary and Non-Formulary Medications
http://tinyurl.com/27mk7d
Medications Requiring Prior Authorization or Other Provider Verification
http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/Prescriptions/Medications/PriorAuthorization
Formulary Search Tool
http://www.tricareformularysearch.org/dod/medicationcenter/default.aspx
Mail Order Pharmacy (TMOP)
http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/Prescriptions/FillingPrescriptions/TMOP
TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy (TMOP)
*Contact Information (phone #s & internet)*
http://www.tricare.osd.mil/pharmacy/tmop_contact.cfm
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TRICARE RETIREE DENTAL PROGRAM
TRDP Fact Sheets
http://www.tricare.mil/Factsheets/browsetopic.cfm?cid=2
TRDP | Prospective Enrollee (fees by zipcode)
http://www.trdp.org/pro/index.html
TRDP Current Enrollees
http://www.trdp.org/enr/index.html
TRDP Benefit Handbook (Enhanced) and Forms
http://www.trdp.org/enr/resources.html
Overseas retirees to get dental benefits
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57214
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Space Available Travel
More details on Space-A travel, including contact information for
military terminals, is available online. [188K .doc download below]
http://www.amc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-060328-001.doc
Read the Department of Defense memo describing the changes. [92K .pdf]
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/011808spaceamemo.pdf
Space Available Flight: Basic Rules and Regulations
http://www.military.com/Travel/Content1/0,,SAF_rules,00.html
Space-A Message Board
http://www.pepperd.com/cgi-bin/spacea/discus.cgi
Military Living Publications, including Space-A
http://militaryliving.com/
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BENEFITS and RESOURCES
State Veteran's Benefits Directory
http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourcesContent/0,13964,59476,00.html
Military Career Center & Jobs
http://www.military.com/Careers/Home/0,13373,,00.htm
A Guide To Military And Veterans Benefits
http://www.military.com/Benefits/0,14972,,00.html
VA Health Care Overview
http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourcesContent/0,13964,30988--1,00.html
VA Watchdog.org
http://vawatchdog.org/
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RETIREE RESOURCES
DEERS ID Card Facility Locator
http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl
MyPay
https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx
eVetRecs: Request Copies of Military Personnel Records
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/
How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html
Military Homefront (formerly SITES, info about military installations)
http://militaryhomefront.dod.mil/
U.S. Armed Forces Legal Assistance
http://legalassistance.law.af.mil/content/locator.php
Tricare Email Updates [wide variety of updates available]
https://service.govdelivery.com/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USMHSTMA
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries
http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/listcem.asp
Army Retirement Services Program
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qp453p
Retired Resources
http://www.military.com/Resources/Index/0,13926,-mil_status_retired-1,00.html
Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors
2009 Edition 872K .pdf download
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf
Fort McCoy Wisconsin Retiree Services (Medical):
http://www.mccoy.army.mil/Retirees/retiree.asp?id=benefits
Fort McCoy Retiree Links
http://www.mccoy.army.mil/Retirees/retiree.asp?id=links
Humana Military Healthcare Services
http://www.humana-military.com/
Federal Government Official Web Portal
http://www.firstgov.gov/
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EDUCATIONAL
New GI Bill Overview
http://www.military.com/money-for-school/gi-bill/new-gi-bill-overview
Post-9/11 GI Bill begins August 1, 2009
http://www.gibill.va.gov/
Learn to Use Your GI Bill
http://www.military.com/money-for-school/gi-bill/learn-to-use-your-gi-bill
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USEFUL DRUG & HEALTH SITES
Pain Relievers (NIH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/painrelievers.html
Drug and Herb Interactions
http://tinyurl.com/yjo4y2t
PharmacyChecker.com
http://www.pharmacychecker.com/
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
http://www.crbestbuydrugs.org/
Consumer Reports Health.Org
http://mg.consumerreports.org/mg/home.htm
FDA Office of Generic Drugs
http://www.fda.gov/cder/ogd/
Food & Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/
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MILITARY INTEREST AND NEWS SITES
World War II Links on the Internet [extensive links]
http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/ww2_links.html
Military History Online
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/
Army Link
http://thearmylink.iwarp.com/
Army Echoes
http://www.armyg1.army.mil/rso/echoes.asp
U.S. Military Interest (Al's Place)
http://www.network54.com/Realm/modeleral/index.html
Army National Guard
http://www.arng.army.mil/Pages/Default.aspx
Intelligence (Strategic, Military, Economic)
http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/milintel.html
http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html
Navigating the Military Internet (Naval Postgraduate School)-*extensive*
listings
http://preview.tinyurl.com/tah7h
Armed Forces Journal
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com
Military Magazines and Papers
http://www.world-newspapers.com/military.html
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps Times (links from Army Times)
http://www.armytimes.com/
European and Pacific Stars and Stripes
http://www.estripes.com/
Military.Com
http://www.military.com/
Strategy Page - News and Various Links
http://strategypage.com/
DoD Defense Link
http://www.defenselink.mil/
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ODDS & ENDS
Military History Podcasts (iTunes)
http://www.militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com/
Ancient Warfare Podcasts (iTunes)
http://www.ancient-warfare.com/cms/
History Network Military History/Ancient Warfare Podcasts (iTunes)
http://www.thehistorynetwork.org/TheHistoryNetwork/The_History_Network.html
Pritzker Military History Podcasts (iTunes)
http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/podcasts/
http://ww2.pstripes.osd.mil/02/nov02/mauldin/index.html
Relaxation Music for Sleep, Stress and Anxiety Relief from Enhanced
Healing (iTunes)
http://www.enhancedhealing.com/podcast/5minepisodes.xml
--
�If they pull a knife, you pull a gun. If they put one of yours in the
hospital, you put one of theirs in the morgue.�
Sean Connery, "The Untouchables"
Ike
Thanks, Jim.
Ike
Jim_Higgins
You're welcome Ike.
Jack Pine Savage
"Ike" <binary...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> As usual, the single most useful/important post of the month.
And the only one of his multitude of spammings that's not anti-military.
>
> Thanks, Jim.
>
> Ike
Muff
Muff
"Jim_Higgins" <gordi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Jim_Higgins
tanadashoes
I sent a copy of this to a friend who is still in the army. It could
help her soldiers as well.
Thanks Jim. Yours are the posts I always read.
Pam S.
Daryl Hunt
Same here. Keep on posting.
Jim_Higgins
Thanks guys, I appreciate it.