New Referral/Authorization Letter for TRICARE Beneficiaries

The referral and authorization letter that beneficiaries and providers are accustomed to seeing is changing. Currently, the beneficiary, requesting and servicing providers, and facility receive separate letters for each service requested within each authorization and referral processed. Effective January 19, 2009, the beneficiary and provider will receive only one referral/authorization letter that will contain status information on all the services within the request, except for medically denied services.