Tricare beneficiaries can now request prescription refills from military pharmacies by logging into their MHS Genesis electronic health record.
The Defense Health Agency added the “new feature” to the MHS Genesis Patient Portal on Feb. 29.
The new refill option applies only if a military pharmacy originally filled the prescription. Prescriptions originally filled by Express Scripts home delivery or a retail network pharmacy must be refilled accordingly.
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Patients who would like to renew a refill in MHS Genesis should click on the “Rx Refills” tab on their MHS Genesis Patient Portal home page, the Defense Health Agency said in a news release dated March 15. The portal allows users to see all their prescriptions that are available to refill; to choose which to refill and where; and to find out when they're ready to pick up.
MHS Genesis deems a prescription eligible for a refill when it estimates that 75% of the previous fill of the medication has been used. “Your prescriptions won't be eligible for refill before that time,” according to the release.
To register their MHS Genesis account, Tricare beneficiaries need their DoD Self-Service Logon, or DS Logon, from the Defense Manpower Data Center, a Personal Identity Verification card, or a Common Access Card.
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