TriWest urges military families to thank their TRICARE doctors Published March 16, 2012 By Elizabeth Hillestad TriWest Healthcare Alliance PHOENIX -- With Doctors' Day approaching on March 30, TriWest Healthcare Alliance wants to encourage all military families to join in by sending one important message to their TRICARE providers, thank you. On a Mission to Serve TRIcare providers join for one main reason: they're on a mission to serve those who serve the country. They work with military spouses, children with deployed parents and even the servicemembers themselves. "I've always wanted to be in the military, I've always wanted to serve," said Mark Lenthe, D.O., of the Tanner Clinic in Utah. "And what better way than to be a physician that can help treat and serve those that are serving our country?" The rewards of service to TRIcare patients are exponential. "I don't think there's any better service that I can provide, at this point in my life, than to assure the war fighters and their families that we're going to be here, no matter where the war fighters have to be deployed," said Paul Echols, M.D., a surgeon at the University of New Mexico Hospital. Military families can give their special doctors a public shout-out through TriWest's Facebook page. · Simply go to www.facebook.com/TriWest. · Then select the "LUV UR DOC" tab on the left-hand column. · Leave your public shout-out! Doctors and military families can also visit TriWest.com/DocsDay to watch stories of other TRIcare doctors who have chosen to serve the nation's military families. TriWest Healthcare Alliance partners with the Department of Defense to do "Whatever It Takes" to support the healthcare needs of 2.9 million members of America's military family. A Phoenix-based corporation, TriWest provides access to cost-effective, high-quality health care in the 21-state TRICARE West Region. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, or visit www.triwest.com for more information.