TRICARE South Region managed-care support: ~$20.5B — Humana's T3-generation contract (USAspending)
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) awarded the "South Region" managed-care support of TRICARE's third-generation (T3) contracts to Humana Government Business — about $20.5 billion ($20,451,127,097), performed 2011–2019. It is the predecessor in Humana's "southern lineage," later folded into the ~$51.3B current-generation East Region contract.
Contract key facts
- RecipientHumana
- Contract value$20,451,127,097 (≈$20.45B)
- BranchDefense-wide
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDefense Health Agency
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2011-03-03 〜 2019-03-27
- Contract ID (PIID)HT940211C0003
Contract scope (original)
T3 MANAGED CARE SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR SOUTH REGION
Key points
- The "South Region" managed-care support of TRICARE's third-generation (T3) contracts — stated in the primary record
- Awarded to Humana Government Business by the Defense Health Agency (DHA)
- Cumulative ~$20.5B ($20,451,127,097; multi-year), performed March 2011–March 2019
- The next generation consolidated regions into East/West; Humana won the East contract (~$51.3B, this site's largest) — making this the predecessor
- Further evidence that "people-related" defense spending rivals equipment procurement in scale
TRICARE's operating contracts are re-competed generation by generation (T1 → T2 → T3 → next), and the regional map is redrawn each time. This contract is the T3-generation "South Region," part of the southern franchise Humana has held since its early contracts in the 1990s.
In the following generation the country was consolidated into two regions, East and West, and the South was folded into the East — the ~$51.3 billion current contract this site tracks (same company, Defense Health Agency) is effectively this contract's successor.
Re-competition each generation has produced a long turf contest among major insurers over military health care — a market whose demand is guaranteed. Losing bidders have repeatedly filed procurement protests that delayed contract starts, making this a case study in both the entry barriers and the stickiness (win once, hold long) of government health-insurance business.
At about $20.5 billion, the value rivals major fighter or shipbuilding programs. Like its successor, it confirms that spending on people — health care, sustenance, housing — occupies a share of the defense budget on par with equipment.
Why it matters
A record for tracing generational turnover and regional consolidation in the huge government health-insurance market. Useful for readers watching insurers' government business, the people-versus-equipment structure of defense spending, and procurement competition dynamics — read alongside Humana's current East contract and company profile.
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：HT940211C0003