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TRICARE & DEERS (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System)

The Defense
Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS): DEERS is
a computerized database of military sponsors, families and
others worldwide who are entitled under the law to TRICARE
benefits. DEERS registration is required for TRICARE eligibility.

Registration in DEERS

Active-duty and retired service members are automatically
registered in DEERS, but they must take action to register
their family members and ensure they’re correctly entered
into the database. Mistakes in the DEERS database can cause
problems with TRICARE claims, so it is critical to maintain
your DEERS information.

Verifying and Updating DEERS Information

You can verify your DEERS information by contacting your
regional TRICARE managed care support contractor, your local
TRICARE service center or the nearest uniformed services personnel
office (ID card facility). Sponsors or registered family members
may make address changes, however, only the sponsor can add
or delete a family member from DEERS, and proper documents
are required such as a marriage certificate, divorce decree
and/or birth certificate. To update your DEERS information:

* Visit your local uniformed services personnel office or
contact the Defense Manpower Data Center Support Office (DSO)
at 1-800-538-9552. You can find the nearest uniformed services
personnel office at: http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/.
* Fax address changes to DEERS at 1-831-655-8317.
* Mail the address change to the Defense Manpower Data Center
Support Office, ATTN: COA, 400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955-6771.
* Go online to Tricare to update your information: http://www.tricare.osd.mil/deers/.

Things to Keep in Mind:

  • Each family member’s eligibility record must be updated
    separately when changes occur.

    • Any changes that impact you or your family (e.g.,
      marriage, birth, divorce, death) need to be reported
      to DEERS so that eligibility can start or stop under
      DoD and Service guidance.
    • If you are active duty and re-enlist, separate, retire,
      or move, make sure your information gets updated in
      DEERS as soon as possible. If you do not, you and your
      family might experience a break in eligibility, which
      means a break in health care coverage.
  • As soon as you re-enlist, take your reenlistment paper
    to your personnel support center or ID card facility so
    your information can be updated before your previous enlistment
    expires rather than waiting for the paperwork to go through
    distribution.
  • Once you retire, you need to make sure DEERS reflects
    your change from from active duty to retiree status.

    Note: If you or your family were previously
    TRICARE Prime under your active duty status, you need
    to re-enroll in TRICARE Prime under your retiree status.
    Contact the regional managed care support contractor (MCSC)
    in your retirement location to find out if TRICARE Prime
    is offered in your retirement area ZIP code.

  • It is important to update your and your family’s home
    addresses because TRICARE Program information will be sent
    to that address.

  • Retail network pharmacies check TRICARE eligibility through
    DEERS. Your prescriptions will be filled only if you are
    in the system.
  • If you have a child that is over age 21 and a full-time
    student, you need to get his or her student status entered
    into DEERS so that TRICARE eligibility is not interrupted
    and access to health care is not lost.
  • If you or a family member is Medicare-eligible, entitled
    to Part A and enrolled in Part B, DEERS must be updated
    to reflect MEDICARE Part A and B status to retain TRICARE
    coverage. When you turn 65, the medical section of your
    military ID card may also need to be updated.

 

TRICARE Links
TRICARE Overview
TRICARE Prime
TRICARE Standard
TRICARE Extra
 
TRICARE & American Association of Pediatrics
TRICARE & DEERS (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System)
TRICARE & WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
TRICARE Claims How to file a TRICARE Claim
TRICARE Continued Health Care Benefits
TRICARE Dental
TRICARE Eligibility
TRICARE Family-Centered Care includes Obstetric Care
TRICARE for Life
TRICARE for Life and Medicare
TRICARE Generic Pharmacy Brochure
TRICARE Information – Puerto Rico
TRICARE Overseas
TRICARE Pharmacy
TRICARE Prime Enrollment Info
TRICARE Prime Remote
TRICARE Prime Travel and Non-Medical Attendant (NMA)
TRICARE Providers
TRICARE Reserve Select
TRICARE Standard vs Prime

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