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TriCare to change payment method

18 Sep 2009 | Lance Cpl. Zachary Majors Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- TriCare Prime will soon require beneficiaries to make their payment electronically. When these changes become effective, TriCare will only accept checks to ensure beneficiaries make their first payment is while establishing electronic payments.

In order to avoid disenrollment because of a late payment, TriCare suggests that beneficiaries make the change as soon as possible. The online payment program allows customers to track their payment history online at any time.

There are two ways to begin automating electronic payments. Payments could be setup as allotments from the sponsor’s retired military pay or as an electronic funds transfer from a financial institution to TriWest.

If a TriCare beneficiary has already setup electronic enrollment fee payments, no action is required, unless the payment is through a bank’s online bill payment program. This is due to the fact that a bank may physically write a check and send it to TriCare, who will no longer accept checks as payments.

To get started with the process of setting up electronic payments, visit TriCare’s electronic pay Web site at www.triwest.com/epay and choose one of two options.

Beneficiaries may choose to pay online or by the mail. To pay online, visit TriWest’s Web site at www.triwest.com and create an online account.

To setup an electronic funds transfer or allotment by mail, visit www.triwest.com and select “Find a Form,” from the links section of the Web site. Download either an allotment form or an electronic funds transfer form. Print out the form, fill it out and mail it to TriWest Healthcare Alliance Group P.O. Box 43590 Phoenix, AZ 85080-3590.

Learn more about making electronic payments by logging on to www.triwest.com/epay or calling 1-888-TRIWEST (1-888-874-9378) between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

 

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POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS