TRICARE Proposal to Adopt Medicare OPPS System
On April 1, the Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule to implement an outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) for the TRICARE military health care program. The system will be based on the Medicare OPPS, with certain modifications to reflect existing TRICARE benefit structure and claims processing procedures and to mitigate the financial burden on beneficiaries. Comments will be accepted until June 2.
