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On July 2, 2012 it was announced that TriWest lost its appeal to keep the West Region contract. <ref>{{cite press release | title = TriWest loses appeal to keep military health contract | publisher = USA Today | date = 2012-07-02 | url = http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/story/2012-07-02/tricare-triwest-united-military/55989350/1 | accessdate = 2012-09-20}}</ref>
<ref>USA Today http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/story/2012-07-02/tricare-triwest-united-military/55989350/,</ref> In September 2012,TriWest paid $10 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit after whistle-blowers claimed TriWest "systematically defrauded" Tricare by billing the government higher rates than they had negotiated with health care providers. The lawsuit also said TriWest sent 3,000 claims through one location a day to intentionally bypass checks to avoid late-payment fees, and that it paid claims for ineligible beneficiaries.<ref>http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-based-triwest-healthcare-alliance-corp-agrees-pay-10-million-resolve-false-claims-act</ref>
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