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Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Healthcare Business Referral Management is specifically designed to assist all eligible beneficiaries – active duty, retirees and dependents – in getting timely medical care appointments. This include helping navigate the TriWest authorization waiver which has been extended through April 30, 2025, for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries with a referral from their military or civilian primary care manager to seek outpatient care for covered services without referral approval from TriWest.

Naval Hospital Bremerton Referral Management supports those in need

April 08, 2025

April 30 is also the date for those who have not updated payment information with TriWest.


Representatives from Munson Army Health Center and the Patient and Family Partnership Council met April 4 and explored after-hours primary care options to improve access for busy military families on Fort Leavenworth.

Munson Patient and Family Partnership Council discuss extending clinic hours

April 08, 2025

Council members cited school, extracurricular activities and shift work for reasons to justify extended hours.


Dr. David Williamson, director of the Inpatient Neuropsychiatric and Traumatic Brain Injury ward and Brain Injury Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, poses for a photo in Bethesda, Md., on April 8, 2025. Dr. Williamson will lead the new Rapid Assessment Program for Tactical Operational Readiness (RAPTOR), a multidisciplinary initiative providing expedited and comprehensive evaluations to support special operations active-duty service members' rapid return to duty. (DOD photo by Ricardo J. Reyes)

Walter Reed Launches RAPTOR Diagnostic Program to Accelerate Operational Readiness

April 08, 2025

The RAPTOR program brings together a full team of expert clinicians to deliver individualized assessments using a whole-body, systems-based approach.


From left, Cmdr. Jennifer Francis, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Taylor Keene, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shakirah Peterson-Wall and Cmdr. James Zmijski, members of U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, display the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses “Go Clear” Award, March 28, 2025. The award recognized the operating room team for their work to implement advanced smoke evacuation technology and demonstrate commitment to surgical safety. (U.S. Navy photo by Emily McCamy)

Guantanamo Bay surgical team earns national recognition for eliminating surgical smoke

April 08, 2025

The initiative protects surgical staff from the harmful effects of inhaling smoke generated during surgical cauterized procedures.


The Honorable Darin Selnick, left, the deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense, and Dr. Stephen Ferrara, right, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, engage with Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton leadership April 3. While there, Selnick and Ferrara engaged with hospital leadership to discuss improving patient care and bolstering the readiness of warfighters. (DOD photo by Regena Kowitz)

Senior officials visit Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton to enhance health care and readiness

April 08, 2025

Selnick also talked about the importance of making sure the hospital has the resources they need to meet their mission.


The USU-Walter Reed-VA MDORP initiative empowers service members and veterans with lower limb loss to improve mobility and quality of life through wearable sensors and remote  physical therapy. (Photo courtesy of MIRROR)

Revolutionizing rehab: mobile technology helps service members and veterans walk with confidence

April 08, 2025

The partnership empowers service members and veterans with lower limb amputation to improve their mobility and quality of life.


Col. Tracy Bozung, 55th Medical Group commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ernesto Otero, Jr., 55th MDG senior enlisted leader, cut a ribbon during the grand opening of the new central check-in desk April 7, in the Ehrling Bergquist Medical Clinic, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The central check-in offers a new and convenient method for patients to begin their healthcare process at the clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)

55th Medical Group unveils new central check-in, enhancing patient experience

April 08, 2025

The central check-in offers a new and convenient method for patients to begin their healthcare process at the clinic.


Lyster Army Health Clinic and Humana Military host ninth annual TRICARE Collaboration event April 1 welcoming TRICARE network healthcare providers to Fort Novosel. Pictured left to right, Maj. Joe Adams, Deputy Commander for Clinical Services, Vernon Johnson, Dale Medical Center CEO, Lt. Col. Leah Steder, Commander Lyster Army Health Clinic, Joey Hester, Medical Center Enterprise CEO, Lt. Col. Regina Thorp, Deputy Commander for Nursing and Patient Services, and Maj. Blayne Rankin, Deputy Commander for Administration.

TRICARE providers collaborate to improve patient care

April 07, 2025

Lyster Army Health Clinic and Humana Military host ninth annual TRICARE Network Providers Collaboration event April 1 at The Landing at Fort Novosel.


Capt. Barbara Barnhill, an operational medicine nurse practitioner with the 2nd Medical Group at Barksdale Air Force Base, enters the water wearing an improved outer tactical vest and training weapon during combat water survival training April 3 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, La., as part of the BJACH Forge.

More than medicine: joint training pushes limits, strengthens readiness

April 07, 2025

The soldiers and airmen focused on building confidence, strengthening combat medical readiness, and reinforcing the warrior ethos across the joint force.


A team member from the Air Force Medical Command’s operational test organization, A5T, secures a solar canopy panel onto a mobile medical unit tent at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland, Feb. 27, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Megan Hearst)

Testing medical infrastructure for the battles of tomorrow

April 07, 2025

These trials signal a broader push to equip frontline medical teams with the tools needed to operate effectively in austere and unpredictable environments.