TRICARE: Offer a salute to your TRICARE doctor!

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  • By Elizabeth Hillestad
  • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
PHOENIX --  In honor of National Doctors′ Day on March 30, TriWest is offering an opportunity for service members and their families to say "thanks" to the TRICARE doctors who've made a positive difference in their lives by visiting www.triwest.com/DrDay or the Facebook page, "Salute Your TRICARE Doctor 2010." TriWest is accepting submissions through March 12, 2010.

From annual exams and immunizations, to surgical care and condition management, TriWest Healthcare Alliance's network of more than 150,000 doctors provide 2.7 million TRICARE West Region service members, retirees and their families with exceptional health care.

As the nation prepares to commemorate Doctors' Day on Tuesday, March 30, TriWest joins its TRICARE beneficiaries in thanking and showing appreciation to the men and women who don scrubs or white coats to care for our military community.

"Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines can remain focused on their job at hand because they trust that TRICARE providers stand ready to take care of their families and loved ones," TriWest President and CEO David J. McIntyre, Jr. said. "Doctors' Day is a great opportunity to show appreciation for those who care for the families of those who defend our nation. They are truly heroes serving heroes!"

TRICARE providers must undergo stringent credentialing to ensure beneficiaries receive the highest quality of care they are entitled to receive. This also means more flexibility for beneficiaries in receiving the care when and where they need it and an exceptional level of care and customer service.

Doctors' Day was first observed March 30, 1933, the anniversary of the first use of a general anesthetic in surgery. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush signed legislation establishing National Doctors' Day.