March 2009

Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. is honored to begin accepting TRICARE Prime servicemembers.

TRICARE Prime - Advantages

• No enrollment fee for active duty and families
• Small fee per visit to civilian providers, and no fee for active duty members
• No balance billing
• Guaranteed appointments (access standards)
• Primary care manager supervises and coordinates care
• Away-from-home emergency coverage
• Point-of-Service option
• Reduced catastrophic cap for retirees ($7,500 now decreased to $3,000)

According to TRICARE all active duty servicemembers are eligible in TRICARE Prime. servicemembers must fill out an enrollment form and submit it to the regional contractor. In addition, servicemembers receive most of their care from military medical personnel.

For active duty families, there is no enrollment fee for TRICARE Prime. However, they must complete an enrollment form to select Prime as their coverage plan.

With TRICARE Prime, most health care will come from a military treatment facility (MTF) along with the TRICARE contracted Civilian Medical Providers, such as Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics, called Preferred Provider Network (PPN).

“We are very excited about our TRICARE Prime contract,” exclaims Jeffrey Brandt, CEO & founder of Ability, “This increases our visibility with both military personnel and military treatment facilities in close proximity to our office locations in the Mid-Atlantic. Coupled with our VA contracts, innovative patient-centric practice model and ability to provide advanced orthotic and prosthetic devices, Ability is well positioned to treat increasingly more servicemembers.”