Access to Healthcare Under the TRICARE Program for Beneficiaries of TRICARE Prime

This notice is to advise interested parties of the Military Health System's access to health care standards addressed in Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR), Section 199.17 for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries under the TRICARE Program and how the Secretary of Defense plans to ensure that beneficiaries under TRICARE Prime who are seeking an appointment for health care will obtain an appointment within established access to health care standards. Access to health care under the TRICARE Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries was established in October 1995 and remains current.