Network Providers
HNFS will notify you once credentialing is completed. You can also check your credentialing status or last credentialing effective date using our Check Credentialing Status tool*.
If you are currently undergoing initial credentialing or re-credentialing, please make sure your CAQH Provider Data Portal (formerly CAQH ProView) profile is current and you have authorized HNFS to access your profile. Credentialing and re-credentialing are valid for three years.
Learn more on our Join Our Network page.
*Behavior technicians (BTs) are certified and not credentialed. Do not use the online Check Credentialing Status tool for BTs, as the results may not be accurate.
Note: HNFS is transitioning out from our current TRICARE West Region contract. Be sure to read our "Updates to Your Provider Group?" article to learn about key dates for demographic updates.
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You can update your address, phone number or fax number by using the Provider Demographics Update tool or our TRICARE Provider Roster.
- If your group has a delegated credentialing agreement, refer to the "Roster Submission Guidelines" section of our Credentialing Overview page for delegated provider-specific information on roster requirements.
- For non-network provider demographic updates, see our non-network provider FAQ.
Note: HNFS is transitioning out from our current TRICARE West Region contract. Be sure to read our "Updates to Your Provider Group?" article to learn about key dates for demographic updates.
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In order to update your specialty information, first make sure your information is listed correctly in the National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). If correct, use our TRICARE Provider Roster to request specialty changes.
Note: This process also applies to ABA providers updating their specialty (for example, RBT to BCaBA or BCaBA to BCBA).
You can update your Tax ID or Social Security number (SSN) by faxing in a completed W-9 with a letter on company letterhead to HNFS. Network provider updates can take up to 21 days and non-network provider updates can take up to 30 days.
Please complete our Provider Contract Questionnaire. Fax completed forms to 1-844-836-5818. Note: If you need to update the email address tied to your www.tricare-west.com account, log in and make the changes in the “My Account” section.
Note: HNFS is transitioning out from our current TRICARE West Region contract. Be sure to read our "Updates to Your Provider Group?" article to learn about key dates for network provider group updates.
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You can remove a provider using our Provider Demographic Update Tool.
- Providers not registered on www.tricare-west.com can complete our TRICARE Provider Roster to request this change.
- If your group has a delegated credentialing agreement, refer to the "Roster Submission Guidelines" section of our Credentialing Overview page for delegated provider-specific information on roster requirements.
Visit our Mental Health Counselor Provider Requirements page to learn about the requirements.
Network providers serve an important role in TRICARE by complementing the services offered by military hospital and clinics. Network providers are civilian providers of choice for most TRICARE beneficiaries, and as a result, will typically receive higher TRICARE patient volume than non-network providers. A network provider agrees to a negotiated rate as payment in full for services rendered.
The TRICARE West Region is comprised of 21 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa (except the Rock Island Arsenal area), Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, (except the St. Louis area), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas (areas of Western Texas only, including Amarillo, Lubbock and El Paso), Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
HNFS uses CAQH Provider Data Portal (formerly CAQH ProView) for its provider network application and credentialing process. CAQH is a not-for-profit alliance of the nation’s leading health plans, including HNFS. All providers (unless located in Minnesota) are required to complete a CAQH Provider Data Portal online application (and keep their information current).
Providers in Minnesota can use CAQH Provider Data Portal or Minnesota Credentialing Collaborative.
Network providers must ensure a credentialing application is completed, current and accessible by HNFS. HNFS uses CAQH® for its provider network application and credentialing process for providers in most TRICARE West Region states.
For all states except Minnesota:
- Submit/update credentialing applications through CAQH Provider Data Portal (formerly CAQH ProView).
- All providers must verify their CAQH Provider Data Portal profile allows for global access or specifies that HNFS can access their CAQH record.
- For CAQH Provider Data Portal access issues, contact the CAQH Help Desk at 1-888-599-1771.
For Minnesota: Submit/update credentialing applications through CAQH Provider Data Portal or Minnesota Credentialing Collaborative (MCC).
HNFS recognizes that many provider groups have their own credentialing department to verify individual provider requirements such as licensure, education, professional liability insurance, adverse sanctions, etc. If you are a provider group with its own credentialing department, consider expediting the TRICARE West Region network credentialing process by allowing HNFS to delegate credentialing to you. This will allow HNFS to use the credentialing data you have already collected, which can be submitted to HNFS in an electronic format.
By delegating the majority of the credentialing process to the provider group, rather than HNFS, the credentialing process is streamlined. Groups are able to submit practitioners on a TRICARE Provider Roster (rather than individual Provider Information Forms), which allows for a quicker turnaround time to get practitioners through the network approval process and loaded into HNFS’ systems.
See also our Delegated Credentialing fact sheet.
Once approved by HNFS’ Credentialing Committee, HNFS will request a full and up-to-date provider roster from the group. Visit our Credentialing Overview and FAQ pages for more information.
HNFS requires delegated groups submit a full TRICARE Provider Roster via email at least quarterly (every 90 days). Per the delegated credentialing agreement, groups should submit full rosters within 10 days of their quarterly credentialing committee meetings.
HNFS recommends delegated groups send TRICARE Provider Roster updates a minimum of once a month; however, we will accept updates weekly or even daily. If there are no changes in a given month, we ask groups still send an email indicating “no updates to report.”
