Deploying
When sponsors are deployed, it's important for family members to know what TRICARE plan they are using and how to get care while the sponsor is deployed.
Paperwork
Sponsors should complete the following before deploying:
- Leave a copy of your orders
- Prepare a Power of Attorney
- Fill out paperwork giving family members access to your medical records and personal health information
- Make necessary financial arrangements (allotments, automatic bill paying, etc.)
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)
- Keep family member information updated in DEERS at all times
- Show your spouse how to make changes in DEERS in your absence
- Get identification (ID) cards updated if they are about to expire
TRICARE
- Make a list of important phone numbers
- Primary care manager or provider to call for appointments
- Regional contractor
- Emergency room
- Review your family's TRICARE plan information so they know how to get care in your absence
- Discuss how and where prescriptions can be filled