WPS partners with International SOS under new contract with Defense Health Agency
Wisconsin company provides claims processing and associated customer service for the TRICARE Overseas Program
MADISON, Wis.—Sept. 24, 2015—Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) will continue its partnership with International SOS Government Services, Inc. through a new Defense Health Agency contract for the TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP).
In support of the contract, WPS will provide claims processing and associated customer service for health claims relating to U.S. military personnel serving overseas. The new five-year contract starts Sept. 1, 2016, and includes a one-year transition starting on September 1, 2015. WPS has been a subcontractor for International SOS and the TOP since 2010.
“We are extremely pleased with this new agreement. It validates the hard work our employees perform every day to support the TRICARE Overseas Program,” said Brian Brugger, Executive Vice President of WPS Military and Veterans Health. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with International SOS and our long history of servicing overseas beneficiaries, providers, and Government stakeholders.”
International SOS was awarded the new TOP contract by the Department of Defense through the Defense Health Agency. TRICARE is the DOD’s worldwide health care program available to eligible beneficiaries from any of the seven uniformed services.
Under the new contract award, International SOS will continue to deliver health care services to U.S. active-duty service members, their family members, retirees and other TRICARE-eligible beneficiaries in nearly 200 countries and territories outside the United States and District of Columbia.
About WPS Health Solutions
WPS Health Solutions is a nationally regarded government contractor and Wisconsin’s leading not-for-profit health insurer. The WPS Health Insurance division offers affordable individual health insurance, family health insurance, high-deductible health insurance, and short-term health plans, as well as flexible and affordable group plans and cost-effective benefit plan administration for businesses. The WPS Government Health Administrators division administers Part A and B Medicare benefits for millions of seniors in multiple states, and the WPS Military and Veterans Health division serves millions more members who are active in the U.S. military, veterans and their families. In 2015, the international Ethisphere® Institute named WPS one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® for the sixth straight year. For more information about WPS, visitwww.wpsic.com.
