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Blue Advantage Medication Benefits
Blue Advantage Medication Benefits
Blue Advantage understands the importance of our members being adherent to their prescribed medications.
Medication adherence means taking your medicines exactly as your doctor or pharmacist instructs you. It's important for managing your health conditions and ensuring that your medications work effectively. Here are some key points to help understand:
- Why it matters: The simple habit of taking your medications correctly can help manage chronic conditions, prevent complications and improve your overall health.
- Following instructions: This includes taking the right dose at the right time. Make sure to read the labels and follow any specific instructions your healthcare provider gives you.
- Keeping track: Consider using a pill organizer, setting reminders on your phone or keeping a medication diary. This can help you remember when to take each dose.
- Communicating with your doctor: If you experience side effects or have questions about your medications, don't hesitate to reach out to your doctor. They can adjust your treatment if needed.
- Support systems: Family members, friends or caregivers can help remind you or assist with managing your medications.
By sticking to your medication plan, you can take an active role in your health and well-being!
Pharmacy Advocate Program
Our purpose as Pharmacy Advocates is to provide you with comprehensive pharmacy support, ensuring that you have a clear understanding of medications, pharmacy benefits and the best ways to manage your conditions to keep your health on track. Our team is committed to enhancing your overall healthcare experience.
Ways our team can help: Medication review, cost concerns, pharmacy benefit questions and medication access.
Call us today at 1-888-618-1172, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST, or email us at MedicareRx@bcbsal.org.
Your health is our number one priority!
BA Medication Benefits Mail Order
Services are offered through many of our in-network retail pharmacies or by mail (with free shipping). You can save trips to the pharmacy! Plus, for medications witha copay, you can conveniently fill and re-order up to 100-day supplies and only pay the copay for a 60-day supply. This is great for your maintenance medications! To receive your medication by mail, choose from one of these three options:
- Walgreens Mail Service
- Call 1-800-731-3588 and speak with a trained agent, or
- Visit their website: walgreensmailservice.com
- Amazon Pharmacy
- Call 1-855-206-2512 and speak with a trained agent, or
- Visit their website: pharmacy.amazon.com
- Express Scripts Pharmacy
- Call 1-833-715-0967 and speak with a trained agent, or
- Visit their website: www.express-scripts.com/rx
Extended Day Supply
As a Blue Advantage member, your plan now covers up to a 100-day supply at a time. A 100-day supply of medication means you have enough medication to last you for 100 days. Instead of getting a refill every month, you get a larger amount all at once. This way, you won't have to worry about running out or making frequent trips to the pharmacy. Just take your medicine as prescribed, and you'll have enough to last for over three months.
Cost Advantage - Blue Advantage Medication Benefits
Did you know that you may be paying more if you are using an out of network or non-preferred Pharmacy? Be sure to visit one of our in-network and Preferred pharmacies to make sure you are getting your medications at the lowest cost possible. Check here to see if your pharmacy is preferred.
If you are already using a preferred pharmacy and want to be sure you are saving the most, have you considered filling for a 100-day supply? Filling your prescriptions for up to a 100-day supply instead of the standard 30-day supply can save you not only time, but also money.
There is a cost savings on medications with copays at preferred pharmacies! Get over a three-month supply for a price of two months. This can help ensure you have your medications on hand when you need them while also limiting your out-of-pocket expense.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist about changing to a 100-day supply.
Check to see if your pharmacy is preferred
BA Rx Savings Solution Med Adh
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama works with Rx Savings Solutions to help our Medicare members easily find the lowest-price options for prescription drugs. This service is linked to your health plan, so everything is personalized for your medications and insurance.
NEXT STEP: Your account is ready to be activated at myrxss.com/blueadvantage for Blue Advantage members and myrxss.com/bluerx for BlueRx members — or by calling 1-800-268-4476.
Get started today to see how you can save! Here’s how it works:
- Your account shows what lower-cost prescriptions may be available under your insurance plan and lets you compare prices.
- Switch to a lower-cost option with ease. Rx Savings Solutions will handle everything with your doctor and pharmacy.
- Rx Savings Solutions will contact you anytime you can be spending less.
MedSync BA Medication Benefits
Dose packaging is a free service offered to our members and is customized to your personal medication schedule, making it easier to understand how and when to take your medications.
This easy-to-use packaging features your medication doses in presorted, sealed pouches for each time of day you take medications—morning, afternoon, evening and/or bedtime. This will eliminate the need for daily or weekly pill containers and will help ensure you are taking the right medications at the right time. This service is offered through many preferred pharmacies for Blue Advantage. Check with your local pharmacy to see if this is a service they offer (additional expense could apply).
This packaging service is also available through a home delivery pharmacy option. Our preferred home delivery options offer this packaging service for members taking multiple daily medications and delivers it to your home at no additional cost. Additionally, they also align your prescription refill dates to eliminate the need for multiple deliveries or trips to the pharmacy.
Note: Due to pharmacy limitations, this service is only available for 30-day supplies.
To receive your medication package, choose from our Preferred Home Delivery Options below:
- ExactCare Pharmacy
- Call 1-844-200-6884 and speak with a trained agent, or
- Visit their website: enroll.exactcarepharmacy.com/bcbs-alabama/
- PillPack by Amazon Pharmacy
- Call 1-866-332-1668 and speak with a trained agent, or
- Visit their website: www.pillpack.com
MedSync BA Medication Benefits
"Medication synchronization” is when your pharmacist coordinates all refills to be ready the same day. This helps to decrease the chances of you missing doses, missing refills or misplacing your prescriptions. Talk to your pharmacist about syncing your medications to help reduce trips to the pharmacy and simplify your monthly medication routine
Prime Therapeutics Partnership
Prime Therapeutics serves as Blue Cross' Pharmacy Benefit Manager. Together we look to help our members get the medication they need to feel better and live well, while delivering the most cost-effective drug coverage.
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Electronic EOB
Each month you receive an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) to help you better understand your prescription drug coverage and to let you know which phase of coverage you are in. The EOB comes to you monthly by mail but now you can choose to receive your EOB electronically. With this option, you will receive your statement by email each month making it easier for you to keep track of your prescription drug coverage. No more worrying if your monthly EOB has been lost in the mail! You will have all your information you need at your fingertips without the excess clutter in your mailbox.
Sign up for your Electronic EOB today:
- Visit www.MyPrime.com
- Sign in to your secure MyPrime.com account
- Click on the arrow next to your name to see: Manage my account
- Click on: Communication preferences
- Scroll down to Updates: Pharmacy benefit information
- Check the box for: Email
- Scroll down and click: Save
Blue Advantage Medication Benefits Disclaimer
ExactCare Pharmacy and Pill Pack by Amazon Pharmacy are independent online pharmacies that package and deliver medications to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama members. Express Scripts Pharmacy, Walgreens Mail Service and Amazon Pharmacy are independent pharmacies providing mail-order medication delivery services for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama members. Rx Savings Solutions is an independent company working with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama to help members find lower price options for prescription medications. Prime Therapeutics LLC is an independent company contracted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama to provide pharmacy benefit management services.
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