TRICARE Authorized Care

TRICARE is limited by law to authorize the following types of health care may be provided under TRICARE for dependents:

• Hospitalization.
• Outpatient care.
• Drugs.
• Treatment of medical and surgical conditions.
• Treatment of nervous, mental, and chronic conditions.
• Treatment of contagious diseases.
• Physical examinations, including eye examinations, and immunizations.
• Maternity and infant care, including well-baby care that includes one screening of an infant for the level of lead in the blood of the infant.
• Diagnostic tests and services, including laboratory and X-ray examinations.
• Dental care.
• Ambulance service and home calls when medically necessary.
• Durable equipment, which may be provided on a loan basis.
• Primary and preventive health care services for.
• Preventive health care screening for colon or prostate cancer.
• Prosthetic devices, as determined to be necessary.
• A hearing aid, but only for a dependent of a member of the uniformed services on active duty and only if the dependent has a profound hearing loss.
• Any rehabilitative therapy when prescribed by a physician.

• Any durable medical equipment to aid a body part, or to prevent the deterioration of the patient's function or condition.
• Any durable medical equipment that can maximize the patient's function consistent with the patient's physiological or medical needs.
  
  
  
  
• Wheelchairs.
• Iron lungs.
• Hospital beds.
• Other equipment customizations, accessories, or items for:
  
  
  • achieving therapeutic benefit for the patient;
  • making the equipment serviceable; or
  • otherwise assuring the proper functioning of the equipment.

For general information about TRICARE, call the toll-free TRICARE information line for your region found at the TRICARE Contact Us web page.