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Military service members and families in Hawaii will get access to e-visits
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Aug. 10, 2009
Tricare contractor TriWest Healthcare Alliance has contracted with Boston-based American Well to cover online behavioral health visits to beneficiaries in Hawaii.
The state's Blues plan, Health Services Corp., opened access to American Well's platform to all Hawaii residents in 2008 but paid for the visits only for its members -- others could pay out of pocket.
Now Tricare beneficiaries on the islands will have the same benefit for visits with psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers, according to American Well's announcement. The new benefit was set to kick in Aug. 1.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/08/10/bibf0810.htm.