Who performs periodic reviews of MTF/VA facility resource sharing agreements to ensure VA facilities are network providers?

• A. MTF commander
• B. TRO
• C. Surgeon General
• D. MCS contractor

Answer: (B)

The periodic reviews of MTF/VA facility resource sharing agreements are done by the TRICARE Regional Office (TRO). The TRO oversees network providers and ensures cross-agency agreements meet TRICARE requirements, including credentialing, provider eligibility, service availability, referral processes, billing, and access standards. This oversight helps confirm that VA facilities are properly included as network providers and that the arrangements support timely, authorized care for beneficiaries across regions.

Other options aren’t responsible for this network-provider oversight across multiple facilities. The MTF commander focuses on operations at a single Military Treatment Facility, not the regional network of facilities. The Surgeon General sets policy and medical standards but doesn’t handle the ongoing, regional reviews of cross-agency agreements. A contractor handling management services isn’t the official body assigned to perform these periodic network-provider reviews.