TRICARE: The Basics
TRICARE is the Department of Defense health care programs worldwide to active duty and retired uniformed services members and their families. TRICARE consists of TRICARE Prime, a managed care option, TRICARE Extra, options provider of choice, and TRICARE Standard, the cost of service option. TRICARE For Life are also eligible for Medicare is eligible 65 years or older (from 1 October 2001) .*
TRICARE Prime:
TRICARE Prime is a managed care similar to civilian health maintenance organizations (HMOs). This option requires registration. Active duty members are required to enroll in the first. Family members on active duty, retirees and their families are encouraged but not required to register with the Prime Minister. However, to accept the TRICARE Prime benefit, they should stay where TRICARE Prime is offered. Ask your local service center TRICARE (TSC) about the TRICARE Prime availability in your area.
If you are in remote areas, TPR / TRICARE Prime Remote for Active Duty (TPRADFM) can be stationed options available, you and your family. This option also requires registration. If you receive a log of TRICARE Prime and TPR / TPRADFM to 20 Month, from the first day of next month. For example, if the record until 20 of March 1 will receive coverage beginning April. When a family registers from March 25th will be applied for the benefit of TRICARE Prime since 1 May Fall. If any of disenrolls TRICARE Prime Minister, was suspended for 12 months.
TRICARE Prime offers less out of pocket expenses which TRICARE option. Heritage Service and their families do not pay the application fees, annual deductibles and copayments for care of the TRICARE network. Retirement Service members pay an annual registration fee is $ 230 for individuals or $ 460 for a family, and co-payments apply to nursing, at least in the TRICARE network. Although the prime minister will be a "point of service option provides care outside the TRICARE Prime network to receive care from providers not recommended disinterested.
TRICARE Prime members receive most care providers military or civilian network providers in TRICARE Prime. Enrollees are assigned a primary care manager (PCM) that directs their attention and provides recommendations for special treatment. All recommendations for special care must be regulated by the PCM to avoid point of service fee. TRICARE Prime members are guaranteed access rules established by the attention.
TRICARE Extra and TRICARE Standard:
TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra are available to all TRICARE, the eligible beneficiary or choose not to log in TRICARE Prime. Active duty members are not eligible for Extra or Standard. Registration is for TRICARE Standard or Extra requires no annual fee, no registration. The beneficiary is responsible for annual deductibles and cost shares. Recipients can see TRICARE authorized provider of their choice, and the government share the expenses of the beneficiaries after the deduction.
TRICARE Extra is the choice of provider options (PPOs), in which the recipient choose a doctor, hospital or other health care providers in the TRICARE provider network. Operators can on the local TRICARE Service Center or visit www.tricare.osd.mil be placed.
