New Tricare Philippine Office Manila - 1 July 2008
Posted by Service Officer on July 1st, 2008
All Hands [7/1/08]
Edmund Chan, the Director of TMO Pacific has sent the following message to all Philippine Tricare users. Attached is the Tricare Philippine pamphlet for your future reference:
Dear Sirs,
I am writing this email to inform you about the establishment of a TRICARE Satellite Office in the Philippines and also to let you know about the newly established TRICARE rates that will go into effect on October 1, 2008. I know that you work with the Retirees on a frequent basis and may have newsletters, forums and other means to communicate with our Retiree beneficiaries and their families. If possible, kindly help us with reaching out to our Retirees with this information. I am attaching a letter that you can post and also our Philippines Retiree TRICARE brochure. Thank you for serving our Retirees and Happy Fourth of July.
Please let me know if you have any questions and also let us know how we can serve you better. V/R Ed Edmund Chan Director, TRICARE Area Office Pacific
Commercial: 011-81-611-743-2057
Voice Commercial: 011-81-611-743-2056
Fax DSN: 315-643-2057
PSC 482 Box 2749 FPO AP 96362
Dear TRICARE Beneficiaries,
I send you greetings from the TRICARE Area Office - Pacific in Okinawa, Japan. We are delighted to announce that we will be establishing a Philippines Satellite Office (hopefully by the end of the year) in Manila. Lt Col Tony Ingram and I are currently meeting with JUSMAGPHIL and the Department of State to negotiate space for our office. Once the office is set up, you will be able to call or visit the Philippines Satellite Office for help with your TRICARE issues and problems. More importantly, the Satellite Office will be my “boots on the ground” to help with improving the TRICARE program for you and our providers.
In the meantime, we will continue to support you from our Okinawa office. Please send us email at TPAO.CSC@med.navy.mil or call us at the numbers below:
Commercial: 81-611.743.2036
DSN: 315.643.2036 DSN FAX: 315.643.2037
Toll Free: 888-777-8343 Menu Option # 4
In the next few weeks, you will be receiving a letter from Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS) to inform you about the new Philippines rates that have been established to pay for inpatient (hospital) and outpatient care. These new rates will begin on October 1, 2008. The new rates were developed by the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) office to replace the Puerto Rico caps that are currently used for outpatient services and for the inpatient daily rates in the Philippines. TMA used the World Bank International Comparison Program index for the Philippines to establish more reasonable rates to reflect costs in the Philippines.
Generally the new rate caps will be lower than the current caps, so it is important that you know what these rates are in order to avoid significant out of pocket costs. These rates will be published on the TRICARE
website: http://www.tricare.mil/tma/foreignfee/ - inpatient rates
are already listed (next page) and the outpatient rates will be listed soon.
Finally, I want to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July and Mabuhay! I also want to thank the Retired Activities Offices (RAOs) and other contacts for your continued support with helping the retirees throughout the Philippines.
Sincerely,
Ed Chan
Director, TRICARE Area Office – Pacific
Philippines Inpatient
Per Diem Rates
Group
Number Description Current Allowed October 1, 2008
Amount Per Day
01 Infectious Disease $1,847 $1,144
02 Cancer $2,136 $1,196
03 Endocrine $2,119 $1,141
04 Mental Health $909 $395
05 Nervous System $1,906 $1,027
06 Circulatory $3,044 $1,769
07 Respiratory $1,828 $916
08 Digestive $1,888 $1,009
09 Genitourinary $1,980 $1,152
10 Pregnancy and birth $1,076 $555
11 Musculoskeletal and Skin $3,079 $1,998
12 Congenital anomalies $2,916 $1,657
13 Perinatal $731 $333
14 Symptoms, signs, etc. $1,950 $1,080
15 Injuries $2,246 $1,249
16 Poisoning $1,801 $1,069
17 Complications $2,333 $1,403
18 V-codes $1,640 $966
