Are you an active duty family member enrolled in TRICARE Prime Remote? Do you live in the U.S.? Effective Feb. 28, 2026, you’ll no longer pay a copayment when filling covered prescriptions. This copayment wavier applies to both retail network pharmacies and TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery.

Are you getting ready to retire from active duty or the National Guard or Reserve? You should know there are some steps to take to ensure your TRICARE coverage continues as you make the transition to civilian life. This article explains what you need to do to keep your TRICARE benefit in retirement.

Did you know that Medicare Part A and Part B costs change each year on Jan. 1? If you have TRICARE For Life or you’ll become eligible for Medicare this year, now is a good time to review these costs.

When you get care at a military hospital or clinic, your safety, comfort, and privacy are top priorities. The Defense Health Agency recently published its chaperone policy across all military hospitals and clinics worldwide. You can request a chaperone for any physical exam or medical or dental visit.

Hospitals across the DHA celebrate May as Hearing and Vision Health Month, and the specialty staff and clinicians of Blanchfield Army Community Hospital Health System provide a gold standard of care for hearing and vision health readiness.

There was a party recently during Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s breastfeeding support group, Mom & Me. BACH outpatient certified lactation consultant Audrey Sundbye and Women’s Health Clinic nurse Gimmena Doolittle had a framed certificate and a graduation cap for one young member. Group moms and babies gathered round in support and a dinosaur birthday cake was nearby. Group participant U.S. Army Spc. Jacqueline Kerchner’s son turned 1-year old and reached the 12-month milestone for breast feeding.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital is the latest military treatment facility in the Military Health System to join the Defense Health Agency’s Joint Tele-Critical Care Network. The JTCCN virtually integrates 24/7 access to highly skilled critical care physicians, or intensivists, from DHA medical centers, or “hubs”, like Naval Medical Center San Diego and Brook Army Medical Center, with “satellite” intensive care units at nearly 20 military treatment facilities worldwide.

BACH leadership signed a trial training agreement with TriStar Skyline Medical Center November 9, 2022, allowing Maj. Timothy Horrell, a general surgeon with BACH, to work and train along side Skyline employees. This partnership will benefit the Soldier medical providers through experiencing varied medical emergencies our surgeons don't often see at BACH.