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But it does not allow beneficiaries to use ambulances when they are physically able to use other transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Aug\/18\/2003059678\/-1\/-1\/1\/DODIG-2022-122.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">inspector general report<\/a> says that the DHA \u2014 which manages military health services, including Tricare \u2014 failed to monitor its contractors to ensure their ambulance claims met Tricare\u2019s reimbursement requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One Tricare Overseas patient took an $880.72 ambulance ride, paid for by the DHA, because of a cancerous tumor of the mouth \u2014 not a medical emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another instance, the DHA, through its Tricare East contractor, paid $123.44 for an ambulance to take someone from his residence to an orthopedic clinic for a follow-up appointment for a fractured femur, even though the patient could move around on crutches. The report also noted that this patient had made 26 other ambulance claims, 11 of which were transports or mileage claims for rides to doctors\u2019 offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In most of the cases investigators reviewed, however, the ambulance claims simply lacked the paperwork to prove the services were necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DHA\u2019s compliance reviews of ambulance services do not evaluate the necessity of rides, according to the report. 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