3 /5 James Millaway: Perspective is reality. 2-5 stars depending on where you stand… I’m a 4.4.
I love the medical service I receive OCONUS. I was OCONUS for 28 years and then retired. Culture SHOCK. Returning to the States was a shock. I tried civilian medical and on base.
TRICARE has changed or is not the same as OCONUS. JAX NAVHOSP is doing pretty good for the bureaucracy that is Humana.
Dislikes: I have NEVER seen my PCM. I see interns that cannot prescribe medications or referrals. They make a list of issues and present them to an Attending Doctor. I assume the attending gets overwhelmed and the data gets lost.
Also, the Pharmacy is… I’ve seen better. I haven’t had a bad experience yet but an elderly man next to me was waiting for 4 hours. As technology progresses, the medical system is leaving the Vietnam veterans behind. He was going to the counter and they were verbally kicking him in the “jimmy” because he was clueless. I could even help because he didn’t understand the system. Someone should have called his doctor or gently walked him to his PCM… damn. I should have done this. Today’s military is unsat uniforms and walking over trash without the integrity to pick it up. Integrity & empathy Will fix this place.
Likes: They don’t do needles stuff. When I had a civilian PCM they did so much needles junk just to overcharge TRICARE.
I would really like to see my assigned PCM one day. I am on month 2 of referrals and I have received 1 of 3.
Remember. Perspective; I’ve been OCONUS Active and they step up.