Tricare Prime Urgent Care Copay

1. Tricare Prime Urgent Care Copay Blue Cross Blue Shield
2. Can Tricare Prime Go To Urgent Care
3. Tricare Prime Remote Urgent Care Copay

Technical Requirements

Testing copayment waiver: Retroactive to March 18, 2020, TRICARE will waive copayments/cost-shares for medically necessary COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing and related services, and office visits, urgent care or emergency room visits during which tests are ordered or administered. Urgent care center. Beneficiaries can receive care at any TRICARE-authorized urgent care center or convenience clinic. Cost shares will apply, as shown below. TRICARE Prime beneficiaries will not incur point-of-service deductibles and cost shares if the urgent care center or convenience clinic is TRICARE-authorized and either network or non.

Video Conferencing Platforms

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Video conferencing platforms used for telemedicine services must have the appropriate verification, confidentiality, and security parameters necessary to be properly utilized for this purpose and must meet the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Video-chat applications (for example, Skype and Facetime) may not meet such requirements and should not be used unless appropriate measures are taken to ensure the application meets these requirements and that appropriate business associates agreements (if necessary) are in place to utilize such applications for telemedicine.

Connectivity

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Telemedicine services provided through personal computers or mobile devices that use internet-based videoconferencing software programs must provide such services at a bandwidth and with sufficient resolutions to ensure the quality of the image and/or audio received is sufficient for the type of telemedicine services being delivered.

Privacy and Security

• Providers shall ensure audio and video transmissions used are secured using point-to-point encryption that meets recognized standards.
• Providers shall not utilize videoconference software that allows multiple concurrent sessions to be opened by a single user.
• Protected Health Information (PHI) and other confidential data shall only be backed up to or stored on secure data storage locations that have been approved for this purpose.

View the TRICARE Policy Manual, Chapter 7, Section 22.1 for additional information.

Covered Services

Urgent care is care you need for a non-emergency illness or injury. You need urgent care treatment within 24 hours, and you shouldn't have to travel more than 30 minutes for the care. You typically need urgent care to treat a condition that:

• Doesn’t threaten life, limb or eyesight.
• Needs attention before it becomes a serious risk to health.

Examples may include things like a high fever or sprained ankle.

Tricare Prime Remote Urgent Care Copay

Nurse Advice Line

If it's after hours or you're not sure if you need to see a doctor, call TRICARE's Nurse Advice Line 24/7. Call 1-800-TRICARE (874-2273) — Option 1 to talk to a registered nurse who can:

• Answer your urgent care questions
• Give you health care advice
• Help you find a doctor
• Schedule next-day appointments at military hospitals and clinics

The Nurse Advice Line is available to all TRICARE beneficiaries in the U.S. except those enrolled in the US Family Health Plan. Beneficiaries who live overseas can call the Nurse Advice Line for health care advice when traveling in the U.S., but must coordinate care with their Overseas Regional Call Center.

TRICARE Prime PlansTRICARE Prime plans include: TRICARE Prime, TRICARE Prime Remote, TRICARE Prime Overseas, TRICARE Prime Remote Overseas and TRICARE Young Adult-Prime

¹If you are a family member or retiree and seek urgent care from a non-network provider outside of a TRICARE authorized urgent care center, you will have to pay point-of-service option cost-shares.

TRICARE Select and All Other TRICARE Plans

³You will pay network or non-network copayments or cost-shares, depending on the type of provider you see.

US Family Health Plan

Urgent Care Overseas

⁴If you are enrolled in a TRICARE Prime plan and seek urgent care from a non-network provider outside of a TRICARE authorized urgent care center, you will have to pay point-of-service option cost-shares.

⁵Active Duty Service Members must follow up with their PCM when they receive care outside of a military hospital or clinic, in accordance with DoD and Service regulations.

This list of covered services is not all inclusive. TRICARE covers services that are medically necessaryTo be medically necessary means it is appropriate, reasonable, and adequate for your condition. and considered proven. There are special rules or limits on certain services, and some services are excluded.

Last Updated 6/18/2020

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