Can anyone tell me where online I can check for Tricare Prime approval?

Are you North, South, etc., etc.

Virginia I guess that is south.

Awesome, I am South too, Here is the link. (Each area has their own website) You will need to create an account to access everything - I think you need yours and sponsors ss#, etc. Once you have created it, log in, (make sure to change the drop down box to Beneficiary Services), then choose: Online Referral/Authorization Status. Good Luck!

Humana Military

Thanks! Since we talked I found site and registered but now I have to wait for a security code for about 10 days. I am so hoping I can get this done before it gets real hot here. Have you had the sugery yet? If so how long was your approval process?

I had surgery on Feb 19th. The long part was getting my Dr.s office to submit everything - once it got to Tricare, I was approved same day. :-) It will go fast, the wait is the hardest part.

I have my first doctor appointment Thursday. The hospital says, Tricare will not pay for the fills, but Tricare says the doctor has to file for it. Any of you heard this?

Virginia I guess that is south.

Virginia is actually the North Region for tricare...Where from in Virginia? I live in Hampton.

I am in Charlottesville we moved here from Hampton and boy do I miss Hampton. I am not approved yet it seems to be taking forever. The coodinator says this is her first Tricare. I hope she sends all the proper paqperwork. Have you had the sugery yet?

cool that you lived here! I haven't had surgery yet, because Portsmouth Naval Medical Hospital has a 6month waiting list. I am currently enrolled in prime, but to speed up the process, I am going to switch to standard. I am going to a seminar in Newport News tomorrow so hopefully I will know how long it will take to get surgery then.. It seems to me that tricare has been pretty quick with their decisions (from what i have heard from other people).. I haven't had anything to get approved by them yet. Where are you planning on getting surgery? How far along are you in the process? Like have you gone to the seminar and met with the surgeron?

I have gone to the seminar seen the surgeron nut eval blood emmi EKG and psych eval I am just waiting on approval. I have prime I did not know standard was faster. I will have it done at Martha Jefferson Hospital here. We are not near a military facility. I had my hystorectomy done Porstmouth. My husband is retired Air Force. Well keep in touch and let me know how things are going and I will do likewise. Maybe next year this time we will be in onederland.

Wow.. you are pretty much almost there!!! Hopefully your approval will come soon! Standard is only faster for me, because of the long wait at portsmouth... if i switch to standard, i will be able to go to a civilian surgeon. Tricare won't refer me to a civilian surgeon if I have prime, because I am near a MTF. Wish I wasn't though. I don't want to wait 6 mos! My husband is active duty Navy. Can't wait to make it to onderland! haha. I will add you as a friend on here so we can keep in touch!

I just called the 1800 Tricare phone number and asked if I had gotten approval and I am glad that I did, because I called to make my appt, and the Dr I had gotten approval for did gastric bypass only, and not the lapband, so I was able to call Tricare back and get it switched to the right Dr. My orientation meeting at Gateway hospital in Clarksville, TN is on March 17.

Can you give me the number you called maybe I can find out something that way.

I just got approved by Tricare. I saw the surgeon on March 4th at Southwest Bariatrics and they submitted it to Tricare yesterday. Last night I checked Humana South and it was approved.

Saw the doctor yesterday, they are submitting everything, BUT they want me to pay, up front, $600 for 6 fills, afterward. I called Tricare and the fills are an appoved, but they have to use the right code. They wont. So I'm thinking the dr wants money that he is losing, by accepting Tricare. My thoughts.