I did the same thing a year ago. My daughter and I have the best dr ever! Now all our office visits are covered 100%. Since she was 3 months when we moved, I knew we'd have a lot of visits. (Not like the coverage was just for myself.) Also, the dr. is only 8 miles from my house. I believe it is classified as remote because the closest military post is a few hundred miles away. Hope your experience is just as great!
Quoting mommy2be77:
How do you know which one you have?
After you enroll in Tricare Prime, you will remain on Prime until you request to change it. I'm not exactly sure how you find out which you currently fall under though. Maybe call tricare?
Ok. Cause Dh signed me and my daughter up for it at reception at boot camp so im not sure which one we have
Quoting soulshine708:
Quoting mommy2be77:
How do you know which one you have?
After you enroll in Tricare Prime, you will remain on Prime until you request to change it. I'm not exactly sure how you find out which you currently fall under though. Maybe call tricare?
Quoting mommy2be77:Ok. Cause Dh signed me and my daughter up for it at reception at boot camp so im not sure which one we have
Quoting soulshine708:
Quoting mommy2be77:
How do you know which one you have?
After you enroll in Tricare Prime, you will remain on Prime until you request to change it. I'm not exactly sure how you find out which you currently fall under though. Maybe call tricare?
Prime Remote is like a regular civilian PPO where you get a civilian primary physician who is understanding, competent, and will sign off on referrals to the urgent care clinic with little more than a phone call during office hours. And, if your civilian PCM sucks, you can look at Tricare's list and pick a new one over the phone.
Prime is basically like having to take your kids to the same lousy military doctors that perscribe ibuprofen and water for everything from colds to cancer and go through your vein during a blood draw then wonder why they're not getting any blood. Also, they know you can't shop around unless you're willing to pay a lot more out of pocket, so they'll act like they're doing you a huge favor during regular visits and have no problem messing up your paperwork left and right.
We had it for a few months but switched back to standard because I hate waiting for Referals! I like things done, like, yesterday!
From what I understand, dependents are always on Prime, unless they switch to Standard regarless of where they are. Prime Remote only applies to the AD person. We (dependents) are pretty much allowed to be seen off base, you might have to raise hell about it (I had to in San Diego) but you can be seen off MTF while on Prime. AD members must go on base, unless there isn't one, like on recruiting duty.
When we did Recruiting, the Spawn and I stayed on Prime and just saw a provider in the area. DH was Prime Remote because there wasn't an MTF there, he saw the same doctor I did out in town.
I never had any issues with referals and still don't on prime. I go to an MTF now, but my kids go out in town and last week my oldest needed a referal for an allergy doctor, referal and appt all went through and happened in the same week. We had her PCM appt on Monday she saw the allergist on Thursday.
In Memory of:
- MamiiCaliente
on Feb. 15, 2012 at 8:31 PM