Unnecessary Inpatient Stays

TRICARE doesn’t cover unnecessary inpatient stays. This includes inpatient stays:

• For rest or rest cures
• To control or detain a runaway child, whether or not it’s an authorized institution
• To perform diagnostic tests, exams, and procedures that can be and are done routinely on an outpatient basis
• In a hospital or other authorized institutions above the appropriate level required to provide necessary medical care