Deployment Prescription Program

When you’re deployed, you can fill prescriptions and get refills though TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery with the Deployment Prescription Program. Express Scripts, the TRICARE pharmacy contractor, administers this program.

Who’s Eligible

You can fill prescriptions through Deployment Prescription Program, if you’re:

• A deployed service member
  • You can sign up for the DPP during mobilization or while in theater.
  • You can receive prescriptions directly to your APO/FPO address.
• Working as deployed contractor or civil service employee and you’re eligible for TRICARE (for example, you’re a retiree or spouse)
  • You must pay applicable copayments.
  • We limit your prescriptions to a 90-day supply.
  • Spouses will use the sponsor’s Social Security number.
  • Not available if you have other health insuranceHealth insurance you have in addition to TRICARE, such as Medicare or an employer-sponsored health insurance. TRICARE supplements don’t qualify as "other health insurance.".
• Getting your health care through the Transitional Assistance Management Program
  • You must pay applicable copayments.
  • We limit your prescriptions to a 90-day supply.
  • You may be able to get a 180-day supply if your orders get extended.

Drug Limitations and Requirements