Hello. I am new to the forum. I am a Tricare Prime beneficiary and am so frustrated about the fact Tricare won't cover the sleeve with civilian docs. After reading a lot of posts, I realize I am not alone! So I thought I would start a thread that would create a list for people to use when seeking a procedure through an MTF.

Here is what I have found from other threads:

Naval Hospital San Diego (Balboa)

Portsmouth Naval Hospital (Hampton Roads Virginia)

Can anyone out there add any to the thread? Thanks much!

Shan

I know you can get it done in Texas, Washington state, Bethesda MD, Evans Army Hospital at Ft Carson CO....those are the ones I have seen people say they had their surgery done there. I don't know the names of some of the hospitals. I know Walter Reed used to have a program but I heard it was closed because they got too many people and couldn't handle the volume anymore but that was a while ago so it may have changed.

The thing is if an MTF has a surgeon that does the VSG and that person gets deployed than they won't offer that surgery anymore until the surgeon gets back or they get another one. I am in the process of going to CO to get my surgery now. Hoping it all goes well and I get it soon.

I had my band removed 8 months ago at KACH in West Point NY. The new surgeon there is not doing bariatric surgery so I had a referral put in for a sleeve in the National Capital Area Surgical Weight Loss Program at Bethesda Naval Hosp. but they denied it because I have to live within 50 miles. I have a sister in DC but they flatly refused...so i assumed all MTF's have a requirement that you live within a specific radius. We can only use West Point since we moved closer to where it is located. VA in Bronx NY does only the sleeve but they because it is VA and not DOD I think they don't accept Tricare for their sleeves

Fort Hood

MacDill AFB

Eglin AFB

Willford Hall at Lackland AFB

There's one in Washington State (I can't remember the name)

California has several between Army and Naval hospitals

I believe the hospital on Langley AFB is offering VSG as well.

Georgia has a couple

I believe the hospital on Langley AFB is offering VSG as well.

Langley AFB doesn't offer bariatric surgery at this time but sends patients to Portsmouth Naval Hospital instead.

When I called Willford which is no longer doing them said everything eas moved over to Brooke Army Medical, but they are also not doing them right now as they do not have a surgeron to do them. Carl Darnall is doing them, Fort Hood, TX

My step mother had it done at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS.