| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health benefits |
| Founded | Phoenix, Arizona (1996) |
| Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. |
| Area served | 21-state TRICARE West Region |
| Key people | David J. McIntyre, Jr., President & CEO Dr. Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr., Exec. VP & COO Lawrence Haggerty, Exec. VP & CFO |
| Website | www.triwest.com |
TriWest Healthcare Alliance is a Phoenix, Arizona based corporation with a single line of business providing health benefits under the United States Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE program in the 21-state TRICARE West Region.[1]
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In 1996, TriWest Healthcare Alliance was established to compete for a U.S. Government contract to manage civilian health care benefits under the newly-established TRICARE program within the 16-state TRICARE Central Region, also known as Regions 7 and 8. In 1996 TriWest was awarded the contract for the TRICARE Central Region and began operations. The TRICARE Central Region included the following states: Arizona; Colorado; southern Idaho; Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; South Dakota; El Paso, Texas; Utah; and Wyoming. TriWest was subsequently awarded an extension to this contract, which continued until 2004.
On August 21, 2003, TriWest was awarded the TRICARE Managed Care Support Contract for the TRICARE West Region. The five-year contract, valued at approximately $10 billion, expanded TriWest's service area to 21 states and 2.7 million beneficiaries. With the addition of Alaska, California, Hawaii, northern Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to the TriWest service area.[2]
On July 13, 2009, TriWest was awarded the contract to continue providing military families access to health care and manage the 21-state TRICARE West Region for the Department of Defense (DoD). The contract enables TriWest to continue to support the DoD in meeting the health care needs of 2.7 million active duty personnel, their families and retirees.[3]
Under this contract, also known as the "T-3 contract," the TRICARE West Region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, western Texas, Washington and Wyoming.