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TRICARE Prime Remote and TRICARE Prime Remote for Active Duty Family Members
Active Duty Service Members Eligibility
Active Duty Family Members Eligibility
Reserve Component Family Member Eligibility
Enrolling in TPR/TPRADFM
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TRICARE Prime Remote and TRICARE Prime Remote for Active Duty Family Members |
| TRICARE Prime Remote (TPR) and TRICARE Prime Remote for Active Duty Family Members (TPRADFM) provide active duty service members in the United States and their eligible family members with the TRICARE Prime option while they are assigned to remote duty stations (typically more than 50 miles or an hour drive time away from the nearest MTF). |
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| Eligibility for TRICARE Prime Remote |
| The following TRICARE beneficiary categories are eligible for TPR/TPRADFM: |
Active Duty Service Members
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Active duty service members (ADSMs) under full-time orders with a permanent duty assignment, who live and work more than 50 miles or one hour drive time from an MTF (in TPR-designated ZIP codes), are required to enroll in TPR. In some cases, where geographic boundaries create undue hardship for travel, service members living closer than 50 miles may be eligible for TPR. Service members may verify their eligibility based on location by visiting the TPR Web site.
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Active Duty Family Members
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Active duty family members (ADFMs) residing with their TPR-enrolled sponsors are eligible for TPRADFM and must enroll to enjoy the benefit. Family members who are enrolled in TPRADFM may remain enrolled even if the sponsor receives unaccompanied permanent change of station (PCS) orders as long they continue to reside in the same TPR location.
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Reserve Component Family Members
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Reserve Component (RC) family members are eligible for TPRADFM if their sponsor is activated for more than 30 consecutive days and the family members reside with their sponsor (within a TPR-designated ZIP code) upon activation or effective date of orders. The activated reservist (sponsor) is not required to be eligible for or enrolled in TPR for their family members to be eligible for TPRADFM.
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RC family members must enroll in TPRADFM in order to enjoy the benefit. Once enrolled in TPRADFM, RC family members who continue to reside in the location where they enrolled may remain in TPRADFM for the entire period of the sponsor’s activation, regardless of any changes in the sponsor’s duty location.
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Example:
Staff Sergeant (SSG) James Smith of the U.S. Army Reserve lives with his family in Smalltown, Georgia. He receives orders assigning him to his local Reserve unit for 180 days. His family decides to enroll in TPRADFM. Two months later, SSG Smith receives new orders deploying him to an overseas location for six months. There will be no break in his activation and he will mobilize from his unit. His family continues to reside in Smalltown, Georgia, so they may remain enrolled in TPRADFM. If, however, they decide to move while SSG Smith is overseas, they will not be able to remain enrolled in TPRADFM, even if they move to a different TPR-designated ZIP code area. They will remain eligible for TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard. If they move to a location where TRICARE Prime is available, they can enroll in TRICARE Prime.
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| Enrolling in TPR/TPRADFM |
| Eligible ADSMs must enroll in TPR and complete an enrollment form. Family members of eligible active duty service members may enroll in TPRADFM or continue to receive care under TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard with applicable cost-shares and deductibles. To enroll in TPR and TPRADFM, an enrollment form must be completed and submitted to Humana Military. |
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Visit the TPR Web site to see if you reside in a designated TPR service area.
Verify TPR Eligibility
Enroll in TPR
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