It’s important to understand your TRICARE health plan options so you can choose the right coverage for your family. Here are some things to consider when you research your options.

Have you reviewed your TRICARE coverage for 2024? Now is the time, because TRICARE Open Season ends Dec. 12. Open season may be your only chance to enroll in TRICARE coverage or change your health plan for 2024.

For many people, the holiday season brings expectations of joy. But for some, the holidays may be a time of stress, sadness, or isolation. Life events like the deployment of a spouse, the loss of a loved one, and complex family dynamics can affect how we feel during the holiday season.

TRICARE Open Season is here. Now through Dec. 12, most people enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select can make enrollment changes for next year. Open season doesn’t apply to everyone who uses TRICARE.

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.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital was recently named one of the best hospitals for maternity care across the United States.

Some TRICARE beneficiaries may be eligible for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, or FEDVIP. This program is managed by the Office of Personnel Management. If you're eligible, you can enroll in or change your dental and vision coverage during Federal Benefits Open Season.

TRICARE Open Season is the annual period when you can enroll in or change your health care coverage for the next year. TRICARE Open Season 2023 is from Nov. 13 to Dec. 12, 2023. Enrollment changes made during TRICARE Open Season will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

Are you feeling anxious or on edge? TRICARE covers mental health services that can help.

TRICARE covers both the MHS Nurse Advice Line and telemedicine services. This video will breakdown the key difference between the two services.