Sec. 706. Report on status of reductions in TRICARE Prime service areas
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status of the reduction of TRICARE Prime service areas conducted by the Department of Defense. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A description of the implementation of the transition for eligible beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (other than eligible beneficiaries on active duty in the Armed Forces) who no longer have access to TRICARE Prime under TRICARE managed care contracts as of the date of the report, including the following: The number of eligible beneficiaries who have transitioned from TRICARE Prime to the TRICARE Standard option of the TRICARE program since October 1, 2013. The number of eligible beneficiaries who transferred their TRICARE Prime enrollment to a more distant available Prime service area to remain in TRICARE Prime, by State. The number of eligible beneficiaries who were eligible to transfer to a more distant available Prime service area, but chose to use TRICARE Standard. The number of eligible beneficiaries who elected to return to TRICARE Prime. An estimate of the increased annual costs per eligible beneficiary described in paragraph
(1)incurred by such beneficiary for healthcare under the TRICARE program. A description of the plans of the Department to assess the impact on access to healthcare and beneficiary satisfaction for eligible beneficiaries described in paragraph (1).