New Patient & Family Partnership Council

Greg Sassman LTC, USA (retired) has been selected as a member of the newly formed Patient and Family Partnership Council (PFPC) at the Fairchild AFB 92nd Medical Support Group. The purpose of the council is to improve the quality of care for all the clinic’s patients.

The council is looking for feedback from all patients, including retirees, on how to improve services. Chapter member Greg Sassman is the retiree council representative.

He can be contacted at gsassman@centurylink.net (preferred) or 509-276-5156.

December 2019 Social

Our December social was enjoyable again with the songs of the season performed by the Windfall Quartet, the menu was modified from our past socials at Mukogawa and we had a teriyaki main course. The board of directors for 2020 was sworn in before the drawing.

TRICARE Pharmacy Co-Payments Changes:

Retired service members and their dependents co-payments will change starting 1 Jan 2020.  If you get your prescriptions through TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery or at a Retail Network Pharmacy, you’ll pay anywhere from $2 to $7 more.  Increases are higher for brand-name and non-medical necessity.  See the NEWS ARTICLE: https://tricare.mil/CoveredServices/BenefitUpdates/Archives/10_22_2019_TRICARE_Pharmacy_Copayments_to_Increase_Starting_Jan_1_2020