{"id":82268,"date":"2019-10-24T17:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/24\/atlanta-to-get-new-tricare-prime-option-in-pilot-program-to-test-care-based-on-value-not-volume\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:00:33","slug":"atlanta-to-get-new-tricare-prime-option-in-pilot-program-to-test-care-based-on-value-not-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2019\/10\/24\/atlanta-to-get-new-tricare-prime-option-in-pilot-program-to-test-care-based-on-value-not-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta to get new Tricare Prime option in pilot program to test care based on value not volume"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Active-duty family members, retirees and their family members will have a new option for health care in Atlanta: Tricare Prime provided by Kaiser Permanente, the not-for-profit health care company considered to be one of the pioneers of health-maintenance organization plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humana Military, the company that oversees Tricare\u2019s East Region, has partnered with Kaiser Permanente on a three-year pilot to provide Tricare Prime to eligible residents within 40 miles of Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new agreement, which will run through 2023, could be the first of several similar arrangements as the Defense Health Agency explores new ways to provide \u201cvalue-based care,\u201d defined as a health system that pays providers based on performance, quality and value as opposed to volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, the Pentagon was required to assess using value-based care within Tricare and report the results to Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlanta was home to the Army\u2019s Fort McPherson until 2011 when it was closed as part of the Pentagon\u2019s 2005 Base Realignment And Closure effort. At the time of its closure, nearly 30,000 military retirees lived in the Atlanta area, but Georgia has become an increasingly popular retirement state for military service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for Humana Military said the program will test whether Kaiser Permanente\u2019s style of managed care \u201ccan improve health care quality and reduce health care costs for Tricare beneficiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t