Reminder: Return Consult Reports within 10 Days

Consult reports must be returned to the primary care manager or initiating provider within 10 working days of seeing a patient. For routine specialty referrals for initial office visits and all outpatient and inpatient services, you must provide complete and legible documentation for these reports to be accurate and useful.

Returning consult reports, operative reports and discharge summaries to the initiating provider is important for timely follow-up and continuity of care. Please be responsive to the request when asked to return a consult report for TRICARE beneficiaries.

Providers who treat TRICARE beneficiaries coming from the local military treatment facility may receive a faxed reminder or a call to return a consult report for a recent visit or service. Your office should return the consult report, operative report or discharge summary as requested.

Please use the fax reminder as the cover sheet and dial the fax number listed on the reminder page.