Health Care

Medical Care

Winn Army Community Hospital (WACH) provides emergency and regular healthcare to active-duty military personnel and their dependents. Care is also available for military retirees and their eligible dependents. All physicians staffed at Winn are board-certified in Emergency Medicine.

Individuals with a valid Military identification card and who are enrolled in Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) are eligible for primary care at Winn. The availability of care is based on TRICARE categories. The order of access is:

• Active-duty service members
• Active-duty family members enrolled in TRICARE Prime
• Retirees and their family members enrolled in Prime
• Active-duty family members not enrolled in Prime
• All others

No Shows -- Missed appointments compromise our ability to provide you quality care and hinder our ability to meet TRICARE access standards. If you are not able to make your appointment, please call 912-767-6633 to cancel. When services are unavailable at WACH patients will be referred off-post to a Tricare approved healthcare provider. All referrals must be approved by Tricare before patient receives care.

Dental Care

Dental care, including preventive dentistry, general dentistry, oral surgery, periodontics, pedodontics, removable prosthodontics, fixed prosthodontics, and endodontics, is available from the three Dental Treatment Facilities at Fort Stewart.

Dental Clinics include:

• Dental Clinic 1 (Lane Dental Clinic), located in Building 440 next to the Fort Stewart Arts and Craft Shop
• Dental Clinic 2 (Oral Surgery), located on the second floor in Winn Army Community Hospital
• Dental Clinic 3, located in Building 2115, Warrior Road
• Dental Clinic 4, located in Building 8435, next to 2nd Brigade dining facility

Dental care for active-duty military personnel is available at these clinics, depending on the individual's unit of assignment. Dental clinics are for soldiers' use only.

Dental care for family members at the DENTAC is on an extremely limited basis only. Under DoD regulations, family members of active-duty sponsors with two or more years remaining (one year if returning from OCONUS) on active duty are eligible for enrollment in the TRICARE Family Member Dental Plan and must receive their care through private sector dental offices.

Care for those eligible is limited to "backup" emergency care in which a civilian provider has not been able to provide the necessary treatment. Family members not eligible for the insurance plan have been authorized to receive emergency services and limited space-available care on a standby basis.

When you move, TRICARE moves with you. No matter where you go in the world, TRICARE is there before, during and when you get to your next duty station.

There are steps you need to take to make sure changes to your TRICARE coverage go smoothly. Understand that when you move, you may have to use a different TRICARE option. Visit TRICARE Moving to learn more.

Before you move, you should take care of any routine medical needs, including immunizations, and fill your prescriptions so you have enough while traveling. If you need care during your move, visit TRICARE Getting Care When Traveling to learn what to do.

Filling prescriptions while traveling

You should refill prescriptions before traveling. But if you run out of a prescription drug while traveling, visit TRICARE Filling Prescriptions When Traveling.

Getting dental care while traveling

Getting dental care while traveling depends on your location and whether you are a service member or family member.

• If you are an active-duty service member within the United States or in U.S. territories, and near a military installation, you may be able to get emergency dental care at the dental treatment facility, or DTF, if available. If not, contact the TRICARE Active Duty Dental Care Program before you see a dentist and tell the contractor about your move. You will need to get an authorization before you see a dentist. The Active Duty Dental Care Program will work with you, so you can get care from a local network dentist.
• If you are an active-duty service member at an overseas location, call the TRICARE overseas regional call center to get authorization before you see a civilian dentist.
• If you are an active-duty family member within the United States, in U.S. territories or at an overseas location, you can find out if any nearby military dental treatment facility treats active-duty family members. If you're enrolled in the TRICARE dental program, call the TRICARE dental program contractor or visit their website to find a provider. You will need to get an authorization before you see the dentist.

With permanent change of station orders, ask for a copy of your medical and dental records from your military treatment facility and the dental treatment facility. Do this at least one month before your PCS date. The MTF should also transfer a copy of your record and any family records to your new duty station or you may be able to hand carry them to your new duty station.

If you want someone else to be able to get medical or dental information on you or your family while you are moving, you need to complete a DD Form 2870, "Authorization for Disclosure of Medical or Dental Information."

For more information on getting copies of medical records, visit TRICARE Request Copies of Medical Records.