A Friendly Reminder: Keep Your DEERS Info Updated

five/6/2020

Did y'all know that not keeping your family's information current in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting Arrangement (DEERS) could delay their admission to health care? Errors can also cause delays with your claims and delivery of your prescriptions. Now is an of import time to check your DEERS records. Whether yous're new to TRICARE or a regular beneficiary, keeping your information up to date in DEERS is critical. Doing so means y'all tin access your TRICARE benefits and get the care yous demand.

What is DEERS?

DEERS is a database of active duty and retired service members, their family members, and others who are eligible for TRICARE. The database lists your armed forces status, family unit status, contact information, TRICARE coverage programme, and more. You lot must show as registered in DEERS to access your TRICARE benefit. If you're a sponsor, you lot're automatically registered in DEERS, just you must register eligible family unit members. If both you and your spouse are service members and accept a child, you lot should choose one parent to be listed equally your child'southward sponsor.

When should I update DEERS?

You should update your DEERS information whenever you experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE). This could exist a change in your sponsorship status, such every bit retiring or separating from active duty, which makes you ineligible for your existing coverage. Other QLEs include:

  • Getting married or divorced
  • Having a infant
  • Activating
  • Losing or gaining other health insuranceHealth insurance you have in addition to TRICARE, such as Medicare or an employer-sponsored wellness insurance. TRICARE supplements don't qualify as "other health insurance."
  • Condign eligible for Medicare
  • Death of a sponsor or family fellow member

A QLE may permit you and eligible family members to enroll in a new TRICARE wellness program or alter your current health program coverage. So be sure to update your DEERS record if you feel one. You besides want to make sure your contact information, like phone numbers and electronic mail addresses, stays electric current. If your contact information is out of date, yous might miss vital communications.

How do I update my DEERS record?

Irresolute your information in your DEERS tape is like shooting fish in a barrel, and you have a few options to do so. You lot tin make changes online, past phone, fax, or mail, or in person at an ID carte du jour role. If you need to visit a local ID carte du jour office, be certain to telephone call or check the website to meet if operating hours or procedures for the ID card office have inverse due to COVID-nineteen.

To update contact information, choose one of these other options:

  • Online: Log in to milConnect
  • Telephone: Phone call the Defense Manpower Information Center (DMDC) at 1-800-538-9552 (TTY/TDD: one-866-363-2883)
  • Fax: Fax updates to DMDC at 1-800-336-4416
  • Mail service: Post updates to:

Defense Manpower Data Eye Support Part

Attention: COA

400 Gigling Road

Seaside, CA 93955-6771

To larn more than about DEERS, visit www.tricare.mil/deers. Take command of your health and maintain the accurateness of DEERS records for you and your family.

Last Updated 6/23/2020