TRICARE Expands Hearing Aid Coverage

Dec 4, 2016 -- Posted by : admin

TRICARE constantly seeks to improve health care coverage. Effective early December, we will expand TRICARE coverage to include the care and treatment of beneficiaries requiring an auditory osseointegrated implant (AOI) to non-active duty family members, and we will also cover the services and supplies needed to diagnose and treat illness or injury of the urinary system.

AOI is a prosthetic device implanted in the skull to transmit sounds to the inner ear. They are used when needed for significant hearing conditions resulting from trauma, birth defects or disease.

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