TRICARE Open Season is the annual period when you can enroll in or change your health care coverage for the next year. In 2022, TRICARE Open Season begins Nov. 14 and ends Dec. 13. Any enrollment changes you make will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023. Open season applies to anyone enrolled in or eligible for a TRICARE Prime option or TRICARE Select. To learn more, visit: https://tricare.mil/openseason.

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The Q-Anywhere service is available Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Once you complete the steps above, you may receive a text message when your prescriptions are ready. You can select pick up at the Main Outpatient Pharmacy or Script Center. Activate your virtual number at any kiosk or Select “Rapid Return”. Requests submitted by 12:00 pm will be ready after 12:00 pm the next duty day. Requests submitted after 12:00 pm will be ready within 2 duty days.

Come join our Patient and Family Partnership Council. Held every two months, members engage with Hospital Leaders to improve the patient experience. Apply today!

MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record for the Military Health System (MHS), provides enhanced, secure technology to manage your health information. MHS GENESIS integrates inpatient and outpatient solutions that will connect medical and dental information across the continuum of care, from point of injury to the military treatment facility. This includes garrison, operational, and en-route care, increasing efficiencies for beneficiaries and healthcare professionals. When fully deployed, MHS GENESIS will provide a single health record for service members, veterans, and their families.

Do you know about the Interactive Customer Evaluation, or ICE? ICE is a web-based tool that collects feedback on services provided by various organizations throughout the Department of Defense. The ICE system allows customers to submit online comment cards to provide feedback to the service providers they have encountered at military installations and related facilities around the world. It is designed to improve customer service by allowing managers to monitor the satisfaction levels of services provided through reports and customer comments.

With news of the contagious and potentially deadly illness known as novel coronavirus grabbing headlines worldwide, military health officials say that an informed, common sense approach minimizes the chances of getting sick. (Graphic by Military Health System)