Are you an active duty family member (ADFM) thinking about changing your TRICARE health plan? If so, you can do so now. The TRICARE Open Season—your chance to enroll or make changes to your health plan for next year—runs until Dec. 14. Looking for dental or vision coverage? This is also the time to find options for you and your family.

Open season is here. Don’t miss your chance to make your choice for 2021 health coverage, as well as dental or vision coverage before open season ends on Dec. 14. To learn more about open season and your options, join the “TRICARE Open Season is Here—What to Do?” webinar on Nov. 19, from 1 to 2 p.m. ET.

Are you a TRICARE Select Group AIf you or your sponsor’s initial enlistment or appointment occurred before January 1, 2018, you are in Group A. retiree or family member? If so, you need to set up your automatic monthly payments for your new TRICARE Select enrollment fees. Setting up your payment plan now with your TRICARE regional contractor will ensure your TRICARE Select coverage continues in 2021. The following are some questions and answers about who needs to set up payment, how to set up your payment, and why you shouldn’t wait to do so.

With TRICARE Open Season 2020 around the corner, now is the time to check your eligibility. To learn more, visit: www.tricare.mil/OpenSeason20.

TRICARE Open Season: The 2020 TRICARE Open Season is ongoing and ends Dec. 14. The annual period allows TRICARE beneficiaries to enroll in or change health plans for the next year. Take the time now to learn about your eligibility, fees, as well as health, dental, and vision plan options. TRICARE Select change: If you're a Group A retired beneficiary (If you or your sponsor’s initial enlistment or appointment occurred before Jan. 1, 2018; you are a Group A - retired beneficiary) You and your family must pay a new monthly TRICARE Select enrollment fee to maintain your TRICARE Select coverage.  Sign up during Open Season. These fees go into effect Jan. 1, 2021.   If you’re a sponsor or TYA enrollee, here’s what you need to know: TYA Select premiums increased from $228 to $257 per month. TYA Prime premiums increased from $376 to $459 per month. TRICARE Young Adult Plan premium increases: Beginning on Jan. 1, premiums for TRICARE Young Adult coverage will increase.   TYA Select will increase by 12.7% and TYA Prime by 22%. These changes reflect the increase in TYA program costs for calendar year 2021.   TYA is a premium-based plan available for purchase by qualified dependent children under the age of 26. To learn more, visit https://tricare.mil/CoveredServices/BenefitUpdates/Archives/10_21_2020_New_Monthly_Premiums_TRICARE_Young_Adult_Plans_2021.  

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2021, premiums for TRICARE Young Adult coverage will increase. TYA Select will increase by 12.7% and TYA Prime by 22%. These changes reflect the increase in TYA program costs for calendar year 2021. TYA is a premium-based plan available for purchase by qualified dependent children under the age of 26.

Two officer candidates graduated the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) and received their commission, Nov. 6, in a ceremony held at Winn Army Community Hospital (ACH) on Fort Stewart.

Winn Army Community Hospital held an Influenza Vaccination Drive-Through Clinic Nov. 5-6 on Fort Stewart.