Tricare Management Activity officials have extended the "timely filing waiver" for dates of service before Dec. 31, 2007, to allow providers, beneficiaries and others living overseas additional time to submit overdue claims for reimbursement. The original deadline was Dec. 31, 2008, for services received before Dec. 31, 2007.
Since the December deadline was announced, nearly 4,500 claims have been received and approved for processing and payment.
The late filings from overseas occurred because some countries give host-nation health care professionals as long as three years to file claims for reimbursement. Tricare requires beneficiaries to file claims within one year from the date of service or inpatient discharge.
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Tricare Management Activity officials have extended the "timely filing waiver" for dates of service before Dec. 31, 2007, to allow providers, beneficiaries and others living overseas additional time to submit overdue claims for reimbursement. The original deadline was Dec. 31, 2008, for services received before Dec. 31, 2007.
Since the December deadline was announced, nearly 4,500 claims have been received and approved for processing and payment.
The late filings from overseas occurred because some countries give host-nation health care professionals as long as three years to file claims for reimbursement. Tricare requires beneficiaries to file claims within one year from the date of service or inpatient discharge.
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After a thorough review of project requirements and information submitted by a team of functional experts, Air Force officials have determined proposals received for a coal-to-liquid synthetic fuel plant on Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., are not viable and will no longer pursue possible development of a plant at the installation.
As the source-selection authority, Kathleen Ferguson, the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, made the decision after reviewing information provided by officials at the Air Force Real Property Agency, Air Force Space Command and the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB.
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After a thorough review of project requirements and information submitted by a team of functional experts, Air Force officials have determined proposals received for a coal-to-liquid synthetic fuel plant on Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., are not viable and will no longer pursue possible development of a plant at the installation.
As the source-selection authority, Kathleen Ferguson, the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, made the decision after reviewing information provided by officials at the Air Force Real Property Agency, Air Force Space Command and the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB.
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For military parents who have children about to enter college or already attending, the opportunity to apply for a $1,500 scholarship through the Defense Commissary Agency's Scholarships for Military Children Program is ending Feb. 18.
Applications are available in commissaries worldwide. You may also fill out an application online at the Military Scholar Web site, http://www.militaryscholar.org, but the Web site does not have a "submit" button, so you must print a copy and drop it off at a commissary. You may also fill the application out by hand. At least one scholarship will be awarded at every commissary location with qualified applicants.
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For military parents who have children about to enter college or already attending, the opportunity to apply for a $1,500 scholarship through the Defense Commissary Agency's Scholarships for Military Children Program is ending Feb. 18.
Applications are available in commissaries worldwide. You may also fill out an application online at the Military Scholar Web site, http://www.militaryscholar.org, but the Web site does not have a "submit" button, so you must print a copy and drop it off at a commissary. You may also fill the application out by hand. At least one scholarship will be awarded at every commissary location with qualified applicants.
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For military parents who have children about to enter college or already attending, the opportunity to apply for a $1,500 scholarship through the Defense Commissary Agency's Scholarships for Military Children Program is ending Feb. 18.
Applications are available in commissaries worldwide. You may also fill out an application online at the Military Scholar Web site, http://www.militaryscholar.org, but the Web site does not have a "submit" button, so you must print a copy and drop it off at a commissary. You may also fill the application out by hand. At least one scholarship will be awarded at every commissary location with qualified applicants.
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From fighter jet flyovers to military performances at halftime shows, the National Football League and U.S. military have shared more than 40 years of Super Bowl history.
The tradition continues Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla., during Super Bowl XLIII, with Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, performing the ceremonial coin toss for the Arizona Cardinals' and Pittsburgh Steelers' team captains.
"It is a privilege to represent our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen in the coin-toss ceremony," General Petraeus told American Forces Press Service today in an e-mail. "And it is an honor to thank the NFL commissioner and the teams and players for all that they have done in recent years to recognize the service of our troopers and their families."
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This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses on the Air Force's need for more military training instructors to meet the demands of increasing end strength.
Air Force officials will recruit about 4,000 additional enlisted Airmen per year during the next two years to boost manning to 332,700. Currently, the Air Force needs to bring on about 220 additional MTIs to get back on track and ensure a sustainable pace for these training professionals.
For more information about military training instructors, read this week's
Airman's Roll Call.
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As Armed Services Blood Program officials join with the rest of the nation in observing National Blood Donor Month, the program's director expressed gratitude for the more than 165,000 donations from Defense Department military, civilians and their families in 2008.
"January is designated every year as a special time when the Armed Services Blood Program, as well as the other blood donor programs, commemorates our blood volunteer donors; they are actually the core of our program," Army Col. (Dr.) Francisco J. Rentas told "Dot Mil Docs" audio webcast listeners Jan. 27 on
BlogTalkRadio.com.
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