https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My husband has orders for Hawaii; as of right now, the kids and I have been denied because of a behavioral health counseling that my son gets. The social worker recommends he goes once a month, but my son has been going once every two months without any problems. Do we get a second opinion, and do we also let the EFMP facility in Hawaii know that our son is on a waiting list for counseling at a doctor&#39;s office off base? Also, why are we getting denied if we know that we can go off base for the services that are needed for our son? Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:53:33 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My husband has orders for Hawaii; as of right now, the kids and I have been denied because of a behavioral health counseling that my son gets. The social worker recommends he goes once a month, but my son has been going once every two months without any problems. Do we get a second opinion, and do we also let the EFMP facility in Hawaii know that our son is on a waiting list for counseling at a doctor&#39;s office off base? Also, why are we getting denied if we know that we can go off base for the services that are needed for our son? Sara Mantz Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:53:33 -0400 2022-04-28T19:53:33-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved?n=7649116&urlhash=7649116 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You might be getting denied because the places off base may only have so many slots for Tricare patients, and they may be all filled. So, its not a matter of whether they do or do not have services, its whether they have the space/time to service you. MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:12:59 -0400 2022-04-28T21:12:59-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved?n=7649120&urlhash=7649120 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:19:30 -0400 2022-04-28T21:19:30-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved?n=7649157&urlhash=7649157 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Because it’s not always about being able to be seen off post, it’s about the MTF for the island, Tripler, having the availability to fulfill the requirements of your sons medical condition. If they are unable to accommodate the requirements, then the EFMP can’t be approved regardless of the fact that there may be an off post facility able to treat him. If your EFMP was denied, there isn’t really anything you can do and your husbands orders will be deleted SSG Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:30:46 -0400 2022-04-28T22:30:46-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved?n=7649323&urlhash=7649323 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There is no appeal for EFMP. You can try again in six months. If your spouse is PCSing soon, he can contact his branch manager to change the orders, or if he reenlisted for them, he can renegotiate for a different assignment. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:41:40 -0400 2022-04-29T01:41:40-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-to-get-an-efmp-appeal-approved?n=7649780&urlhash=7649780 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ve done a lit&#39; bit of checking and it sounds like its more of an availability of slots - that&#39;s if you did go through the military for his off-post care. If you didn&#39;t use the military for that reference, I am unsure how they found out about it since HIPAA and HITECH regulations should have prevented them from learning of his treatment.<br />In the meantime find and then provide the name of an off-post doctor along with a letter from him stating he will take your son as a patient. Add this to your request to accompany your husband. The alternatives would be to stay stateside or to leave him with family stateside while the rest of the family is in Hawaii.<br />I hope this helps. SFC Ralph E Kelley Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:16:34 -0400 2022-04-29T09:16:34-04:00 2022-04-28T19:53:33-04:00