Question about adding baby to Tricare...?

Re: Question about adding baby to Tricare...?

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  meltoine member

  April 2011

  I'm going to go ahead and assume that you're not there with him. In that case, you have two options:

  1. You can go to the base closest to you and enroll the baby yourself. You will have to enroll him in DEERS first, then in Tricare. In order to enroll him in DEERS, you will need a specific POA form your husband stating that you are allowed to make changes to his information in DEERS.

   2. You can fax/e-mail your husband a copy of your child's birth certificate and he can do the above at Osan himself. Before banking on this option, though, have him call or visit the DEERS office to make sure they will accept a photocopy of the birth certificate. Some offices do, others don't. 

   Either way, your son will be covered under Tricare Prime automatically for 60 days from the date of his birth. After those 60 days, if you haven't done either of the above, he will be covered under Tricare Standard for the rest of his first year.  

  
  

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  Brit242

  April 2011

  meltoine:

  I'm going to go ahead and assume that you're not there with him. In that case, you have two options:

  1. You can go to the base closest to you and enroll the baby yourself. You will have to enroll him in DEERS first, then in Tricare. In order to enroll him in DEERS, you will need a specific POA form your husband stating that you are allowed to make changes to his information in DEERS.

   2. You can fax/e-mail your husband a copy of your child's birth certificate and he can do the above at Osan himself. Before banking on this option, though, have him call or visit the DEERS office to make sure they will accept a photocopy of the birth certificate. Some offices do, others don't. 

   Either way, your son will be covered under Tricare Prime automatically for 60 days from the date of his birth. After those 60 days, if you haven't done either of the above, he will be covered under Tricare Standard for the rest of his first year.  

  This sounds exactly right.  I just wanted to add that where I'm stationed the DEERS office required both parents and the baby to be present in order to enroll LO in DEERS.  If this is the case for you as well then option #1 above would be your only choice.  Once LO was in DEERS though I went to the Tricare office by myself to enroll LO.  They just needed one parent to fill out the form and that was it.

  

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  TBLilyRose member

  April 2011

  My DH had to bring the crib card from the hospital to DEERS after he was born, then follow up with his brith certificate when we received it.

  

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