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TRICARE Open Season is Nov. 11–Dec. 10, 2024. TRICARE Open Season lets you change your healthcare plan for next year. Changes you make during this time start on Jan. 1, 2025. Starting Jan. 1, 2025, new T-5 regional contracts will take effect in the U.S.

TRICARE Open Season 2024

TRICARE Open Season is Nov. 11–Dec. 10, 2024. TRICARE Open Season lets you change your healthcare plan for next year. Changes you make during this time start on Jan. 1, 2025. Starting Jan. 1, 2025, new T-5 regional contracts will take effect in the U.S.

The Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center is an online educational platform with more than 50,000 resources covering 60 medical topics. The Virtual Education Center puts the power in your hands to research health topics before you talk to your provider.

Visit our new Virtual Education Center!

The Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center is an online educational platform with more than 50,000 resources covering 60 medical topics. The Virtual Education Center puts the power in your hands to research health topics before you talk to your provider.

Kaiserslautern Military Community Clinic Satellite Pharmacy closed on June 14, 2024. The last day to pick up prescriptions previously activated at the KMCC Satellite Pharmacy was June 14. Patients who were unable to pick up previously activated prescriptions from the KMCC Satellite Pharmacy by June 14 must re-activate the refill request through the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal or at any Military Treatment Facility pharmacy. Patients can select their preferred pharmacy for prescription pick-up.
Request refills online! You can easily request prescription refills online through the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal! For more information, visit ramstein.tricare.mil.

The KMCC Satellite Pharmacy Has Closed

Kaiserslautern Military Community Clinic Satellite Pharmacy closed on June 14, 2024.

Visit the Ramstein pharmacy page for more information!

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TRICARE Open Season 2024: A Message from Chief Johnson

The Defense Health Agency's Senior Enlisted Leader, Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Y. Johnson, provides a message about TRICARE Open Season 2024.

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TRICARE Now Covers Hearing Aids for Children of Military Retirees

TRICARE has recently expanded its hearing aid coverage to include eligible children of retired service members. This new coverage results from a new statute. It aims to improve access to life-changing medical technology and help eligible children of retired service members get the hearing aids they need.

"OPEN SEASON IS HERE!"

TRICARE Open Season 2024 Is Here

TRICARE Open Season is Nov. 11–Dec. 10, 2024. Open season applies to you if you're enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime, the US Family Health Plan, or TRICARE Select.

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TRICARE Open Season 2024 Begins: Learn if You Need To Take Action

Have you considered changing your family’s TRICARE health plan for 2025? Now is your opportunity: TRICARE Open Season starts Nov. 11 and runs through Dec. 10.

86th Medical Group News and Updates

Katharine Cutler, 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron health promotions coordinator, goes over the recipe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 12, 2022. Inperson cooking demonstrations are one of many services the Health Promotion team provides – they also offer medical nutrition therapy, offer bi-monthly nutrition classes, administer Body Composition Assessments and offer one-on-one tobacco cessations and health coaching. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan Lazaro)

Ramstein Health Promotions team cooks up healthy habits

“Health Promotion is the art and science of helping individuals, commands and the military community improve their health-related behaviors and outcomes,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Carrissa Thomas, 86th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron registered dietitian.

Ramstein blood donation expands; saves lives

Ramstein blood donation expands; saves lives

The Armed Services Blood Program conducted a blood drive Aug. 29-30, 2022, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Holweger, 86th Medical Group non-commissioned officer in charge of the Immunizations Clinic, prepares a vaccine at Ramstein Air Base Germany, Aug. 18, 2022. Holweger and the rest of his team at the immunizations Clinic on base are prepared to issue the Novavax vaccine to those interested. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol)

Ramstein now offers Novavax vaccine

The 86th Medical Group is now offering the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which has been authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to members 18 years and older in the Kaiserslautern Military Community.

Airmen assigned to the 86th Medical Group discuss training for medics regarding the new ElectroCardiogram (EKG) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 3, 2022. An EKG takes a snapshot of a patient's cardiac rhythms, which helps medical providers diagnose and treat dysrhythmia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jared Lovett)

Latasha Smith: Warrior against COVID-19

Since Jan. 4, 2021, more than 37,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Airmen and eligible beneficiaries, with the help of an astounding Airman.

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