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TRICARE is the uniformed services* health care program for active duty service members and their families, retired service members and their families, members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families, survivors, and others who are eligible. TRICARE’s primary objectives are to optimize the delivery of health care services in the direct care system for all Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries and attain the highest level of patient satisfaction through the delivery of a world-class health care benefit.

TRICARE brings together the health care resources of the uniformed services and supplements them with networks of civilian health care professionals, institutions, pharmacies, and suppliers to provide timely access and high-quality health care services, while maintaining the capability to support military operations.

TRICARE is available worldwide and managed regionally in six separate TRICARE regions—TRICARE North, TRICARE South,  TRICARE West, TRICARE Europe,  TRICARE Pacific, and TRICARE Latin America —jointly by TMA and TRICARE Regional Offices. TMA has partnered with civilian managed care support contractors (MCSCs) in the North, South, and West Regions to assist TRICARE Regional Directors and MTF commanders in operating an integrated health care delivery system by combining the resources of the military’s direct medical care system and the contractor’s health services support to provide health, medical, and administrative support services to eligible beneficiaries.

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