These manuals serve for contracts awarded on or after 06/27/2008 for the North, South, and West Regions along with TQMC, CARS, TOP, and TPharm. The manuals will apply to the TDEFIC contract upon direction of the Contracting Officer
The MCS Manuals for contracts prior to 06/26/2008 are now superseded and can be found in the "Superseded" portion (indicated by a red banner) of each manuals' web page. Select the desired manual below, then proceed to the "Superseded" manual(s) that exist below the "Current" manual. For the ADP Manual, select the TSM Manual.
TRICARE Operations Manual, Change 291, August 30, 2022
Page Count: 1,684
Summary of Changes: This change establishes 2023 premium rates for TRICARE Reserve Select, TRICARE Retired Reserve, TRICARE Young Adult, and the Continued Health Care Benefit Program.
TRICARE Policy Manual, Change 272, October 19, 2022
Page Count: 1,106
Summary of Changes: This change allows reimbursement for the administration of a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines.
TRICARE Reimbursement Manual, Change 200, August 2, 2022
Page Count: 1,014
Summary of Changes: This change finalizes without change certain provisions of TRICARE coverage and reimbursement of certain services resulting from temporary changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This change terminates the waiver of copayments and cost-shares (including deductibles) for authorized telemedicine services provided by network providers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This change is published in conjunction with
Feb 2008 TOM Change 289 and
Feb 2008 TPM Change 271.
TRICARE Systems Manual, Change 148, October 17, 2022
Page Count: 974
Summary of Changes: This change adds/updates codes/code values and updates an end date in order to keep the TSM aligned with the TED system and to keep the contractors from failing edits.