TRICARE Standard Approval

Has anyone had the surgery done through TRICARE Standard? If so, I would love to talk to you about the "ins and outs" of it....I have a date, but I am told that TRICARE Standard does not pre-approve the surgery. Thanks!

Not sure how standard works, prime was a piece of cake though, hope standard is as well

Hey there, I had mydone through tricare standard and after the dr. office turned in all my paperwork for approval, tricare called me and told me that with standard you dont have to be pre approved. So yeah it was a piece of cake!! if you have any questions just ask me!! reagan

Thanks so much for letting me know....it's good to know that you didn't run into any problems with it! I appreciate you responding....best of luck in your weight loss! Take care

Tricare Standard was easy. According to my Doctors office it only take 5 days for approval. I just got approved yesterday. Had absolutely no problems whatsoever.

woah. tricare standard doesnt do preapproval? hmmm. that would be awesome if it only takes 5 days.. i better get back on track with the quitting smoking thing asap! does it make a difference if you have it done by a civilian dr? im not anywhere near a MTF.. this whole tricare thing confuzzles me lol mandy

Once you have everything done according to your surgeons requirements, they should submit all the paperwork for Tricares approval. So you better quit smoking! I have a civilian Doctor, so I assuming it makes no difference. Tricare is super confusing, I learn as I go, too. ~Brandy~