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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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The Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs have joined forces to provide certain Tricare beneficiaries prescription refills by mail. The MTF Refill Mail Service (MRMS) is being launched at three Military Treatment Facilities -- Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas; the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.; and the 377th Medical Group, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. -- for a one-year pilot program expected to be fully operational this month. To use the MRMS, Tricare beneficiaries must fill their original military or civilian prescription at one of the three MTFs first, said a DoD pharmacy official. In most cases, beneficiaries then will only have to call the pharmacy that has their original prescription, select the refill by mail option, and VA's Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy program does the rest, he said. Unlike the National Mail Order Pharmacy, there are no copays. |
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