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Information for Patients: TRICARE Pharmacy Program

The TRICARE Pharmacy Program provides prescription drugs to beneficiaries in a safe, easy, and cost-effective manner. 

  • TRICARE has partnered with Express Scripts, Inc. to offer a robust pharmacy benefit.
  • TRICARE covers most prescription drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Pharmacy bag inserts for print with blue boarders. Notice of new copayments in effect on January 1, 2022. Links to www.tricare.mil/pharmacy for more information. Includes a QR code in the upper right corner and the TRICARE logo on the bottom right.

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Memorandum: #14-006, Military Health System Prescription Transfer Procedures

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Effective immediately, all Department of Defense military treatment facility outpatient pharmacies will accept patient requests for prescription transfers from another MTF and from retail pharmacies. When another pharmacy requests prescription transfer information on behalf of a patient, DOD MTF outpatient pharmacies will respond to the inquirer in a ...

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The purpose of this MOU is to authorize Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities to dispense pharmaceuticals to eligible TRICARE beneficiaries in VA medical facilities, and to receive reimbursement through the Department of Defense's (DOD's) TRICARE Retail Pharmacy Contract.

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