The TRICARE Formulary Search Tool helps beneficiaries learn about their prescription, including where they can fill it, and how much they might pay. The tool is available on the Express Scripts website at www.esrx.com/tform. Additional information that can be found using the search tool includes:
- Formulary status of a prescription
- Coverage details and/or limitations
- Prescription information
- Other drug options
Key Messages & Talking Points
Expand for key messages and talking points you can use locally to communicate about the TRICARE Formulary Search Tool.
Key Messages
- The TRICARE Formulary Search Tool mini-campaign is a part of the larger Beneficiary Knowledge Gap Campaign. The Knowledge Gap Campaign fills the beneficiary’s educational needs regarding TRICARE Pharmacy benefits, which will improve the quality of health care provided.
- The TRICARE Formulary Search Tool mini-campaign aims to educate beneficiaries on the information found when using the search tool at www.esrx.com/tform.
- Information that can be found using the TRICARE Formulary Search Tool include:
- Where your prescriptions can be filled (home delivery, local network pharmacy or military pharmacy) and any applicable copayments
- Coverage details, such as prior authorization forms, medical necessity forms or other limitations
- Information about the drug
- Other drug options
Talking Points
- The TRICARE Pharmacy Program provides prescription drug coverage for all TRICARE beneficiaries. Express Scripts, the pharmacy contractor, manages the TRICARE pharmacy benefit.
- The TRICARE Formulary Search Tool helps you learn about your prescription, including where you can fill it, and how much you might pay. The tool is available on the Express Scripts website at www.esrx.com/tform.
- The TRICARE Formulary Search Tool can tell you:
- Formulary status (generic drug, brand-name drug, non-formulary drug, noncovered drug)
- Where the prescription can be filled (home delivery, local network pharmacy or military pharmacy) and any applicable copayments
- Coverage details and limitations, such as prior authorization or medical necessity forms
- Information about the drug
- Other medication options
- The tool can help you determine where to fill your prescription, which depends on your beneficiary category and the type of drug you are prescribed. You choices may include:
- Military pharmacies
- TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery
- TRICARE retail network pharmacies
- Non-network pharmacies (While non-network pharmacies are an option for you, non-network pharmacies are not outlined in the tool. Beneficiaries filling at non-network pharmacies will need to file a claim for partial reimbursement.)
- Learn more about your pharmacy benefit at www.tricare.mil/pharmacy or download the TRICARE Pharmacy Program Overview.
Watch this video to learn more!
A 48-second TRICARE video, demonstrating the information that can be found while using the TRICARE Formulary Search Tool can do, and where to find the search tool. Share this on your social media platforms to educate your patients at the local level.
Graphics
This pharmacy bag insert shows that the formulary search tool can help beneficiaries find prescription-related information. Print, cut and stuff into your pharmacy bags when filling prescriptions.
Formulary Search Tool Screensaver / Social Media Graphic
Formulary Search Tool Buckslip
What it is:
The included graphics are buck slips that can be provided to beneficiaries to educate them on TRICARE's Formulary Search Tool.
Why is it helpful:
Providing these printouts for your beneficiaries can help them find information about their prescriptions through an additional resource. With the search tool, beneficiaries can find prescription details, where to get prescriptions filled, coverage details, and other medication options.
Sample Buckslip
(Front of Buckslip) (Back of Buckslip)
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