private industry health benefits founded phoenix arizona 1996 headquarters phoenix arizona u.s. area served vapccc regions 3 5 and 6 key people david j. mcintyre jr. president and ceo dr. frank maguire . cmo beth dodds exec . vp and cfo website www.triwest.com triwest healthcare alliance is a phoenix arizona based corporation that manages health benefits under the united states department of veterans affairs va vapccc program in regions 3 5 and 6 . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1996 triwest healthcare alliance was established in order 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 awarded an extension to this contract which continued until 2004 . citation needed 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 . 2 on july 13 2009 triwest was awarded the contract also known as the t 3 contract to continue providing military families access to health care and manage the 21 state tricare west region for the department of defense dod . 3 on march 16 2012 it was announced that the t 3 west region contract was awarded to minnesota based unitedhealth group . the contract was worth 20.5 billion 4 on march 26 2012 it was announced that triwest will protest the department of defense award of the contract to unitedhealth . david mcintyre president and ceo of the triwest healthcare alliance cited the long history of performance and legal problems with the subsidiary which would handle the t 3 contract . 5 on july 2 2012 it was announced that triwest lost its appeal to keep the west region contract . 6 in september 2011 triwest paid 10 million to settle a justice department lawsuit after whistle blowers claimed triwest systematically defrauded tricare by billing the government higher rates than they had negotiated with health care providers . the lawsuit also said triwest sent 3 000 claims through one location a day to intentionally bypass checks to avoid late payment fees and that it paid claims for ineligible beneficiaries . 7 8 see also edit top 100 us federal contractors references edit about triwest our story . retrieved 2007 07 25 . triwest healthcare alliance awarded 10 billion contract to assist department of defense in meeting health care needs for 21 state tricare west region press release . triwest healthcare alliance . 2003 08 21 . retrieved 2007 07 25 . triwest healthcare alliance awarded third tricare contract remains health care contractor for department of defense in 21 state tricare west region press release . triwest healthcare alliance . 2009 07 13 . retrieved 2009 08 14 . important message for triwest beneficiaries and providers press release . triwest healthcare alliance . 2012 03 16 . retrieved 2012 03 22 . triwest healthcare alliance to protest tricare contract award press release . marketwatch . 2012 03 26 . retrieved 2012 03 26 . triwest loses appeal to keep military health contract press release . usa today . 2012 07 02 . retrieved 2012 09 20 . http www.justice.gov opa pr arizona based triwest healthcare alliance corp agrees pay 10 million resolve false claims act http usatoday30.usatoday.com news washington story 2012 01 27 triwest military health care fraud 52908332 1 external links edit triwest healthcare alliance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title triwest healthcare alliance & oldid 738241916 categories companies based in phoenix arizonainsurance companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 19 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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