Dec 1, 2021 · You can sign up for Tricare reserve select as soon as you enlist. You have to pay for it. While on active duty either for training or activated you get Tricare prime which is totally free. You can Google it for specifics, no need for me to regurgitate it.

Mar 31, 2022 · Call tricare east or west and ask for a PCM change because you are doing training for a few months and tell them the zip code you are moving to and they will assign you a new PCM that is the closest it will be. I just did this and started my SB Friday. Get your record sent to whatever base your PCM is located. It takes 10 days for a PCM change.

Finally, I just drove over and spoke to the doctor's wife (and practice office manager) with my notes and Tricare's information on the delay in claims from them. She looked at the accounting and was HORRIFIED to find something like 100 unsubmitted bills and called the biller (a WFH person) and demanded an answer. They ended up firing the biller.

I was 8 years active with Tricare Prime, got medically retired and now use Tricare Select. Prime is great if you’re relatively healthy and have the normal bumps and bruises from the field and occasional Flu or sinus infection. Compared to regular healthcare trying to go to an urgent care or the ER, doing one stop shop at

Tricare Reserve Select for NG/Reservist is very good insurance. It is a PPO plan meaning it isn't managed like a HMO which in my opinion is a good thing as you don't need a primary doctor referral to go see a specialist.

Nov 29, 2021 · Tricare covers one pair of lenses for glasses for me a year, because I've been diagnosed with severe dry eye and cannot wear contacts. Which is weird. I usually end up buying glasses from Walmart because it's still cheaper than going to places that accept tricare. The frames are usually a fortune and don't offset the free lenses.

Mar 24, 2022 · Tricare was paying mine, which was prescribe by a family doc. But AF (guard) doc told me I could use cream, the injections made me medically disqualified for service. Showed me some medical qualification documents and said I would be medically separated.

Jun 1, 2021 · TRICARE Prime vs. Select for spouse Question I'm AD and my wife is currently enrolled in TRICARE Prime, we're PCSing close ish to her childhood home where she has the doctors where she is comfortable and used to.

Dec 2, 2022 · Tricare Prime has limited PCM's for the hospital I want to utilize (6 month wait to be seen) but maybe their specialists are more available. If I see a PCM from a less desirable hospital could I still use their referral to get seen by a specialist at the hospital I want to use?

Oct 21, 2022 · They will cover all out of pocket cost for tricare prime. The idea that trocar pays 75% and supplement pays 25% was in reference to tricare select where the beneficiary has more out of pocket cost. In that case the supplementary insurance would cost a little more. It should be noted that Tricare prime and select remain primary insurance.