Responsible for the delivery of primary care, ancillary healthcare, and support services for the Altus Medical Group. Manages a $7.4M operating budget including purchased healthcare from our civilian partner TriWest. The 67-person squadron provides diagnostics & therapeutics, pharmacy, IT, logistics, resource management, medical readiness, health benefits, referral management and patient administration in support of 11.1K beneficiaries.
Primary Care
Responsible for non-active duty primary care in the medical group. The flight consists of Family Health, Pediatrics, as well as Allergy and Immunizations. Approximately 2,400 TRICARE enrolled beneficiaries receive primary care and a myriad of other services here including minor procedures, routine wellness, and preventive care.
TRICARE Operations and Patient Administration (TOPA)
Plans, develops and implements the managed care program to include beneficiary and provider services, analysis and utilization management, and specialty care navigation via the Managed Care Support Contractor (TRICARE/TriWest Healthcare Alliance).
Information Systems
Manages all medical computer systems to ensure the latest innovations in technology for the advancement of patient care. Acquisitions and systems maintenance optimizes future requirements and expectations in user data enhancements.
Medical Logistics
Provides materiel, both medical and non-medical, equipment, maintenance and services, and manages war reserve materiel and transportation in support of the medical mission. In addition, it is responsible for facility management and maintaining a vibrant safety program.
Medical Readiness
Manages the planning, scheduling and tracking of the unit's peacetime, wartime disaster response, and mobility training. The flight schedules medical group disaster and contingency exercises. They oversee maintenance of unit mobility, develop and monitor comprehensive medical contingency plans, as well as support agreements with 97th Air Mobility Wing and community agencies.
Pharmacy
Manages accurate processing and dispensing of over 70,000 prescriptions annually, assuring medications are selected and utilized in a safe and effective manner. Prescriptions can be activated at https://cxmlink.com/DHAMTF8492 with a DoD ID number and the name of the medication or using a mobile device text "GET IN LINE" to 1-833-268-6651.
Medical Laboratory
The Lab is fully accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and provides 20,000 annual lab tests for beneficiaries.
Radiology (X-ray)
The radiology team team provides 1,100 x-ray tests annually for the beneficiary population. Imaging such as MRI, CT or advanced ultrasound will be referred to TRICARE network facilities.