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Public Employee Press
Part 4 of a series on prescription
drug costs
Mail-order mandatory Jan. 1
| After you mail your
prescription to CFI Mail Service Pharmacy, it is reviewed for possible
drug interactions based on your health profile. |
Once approved, a licensed
pharmacist fills the description. |
Your prescription is
double-checked for accuracy. |
Your medication is packaged
in a plain, weather-resistant pouch for your privacy and protection. |
Your medication is delivered
free to your home. |
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Retirees’ HIP/VIP
changes canceled
In other benefit news, medication for retirees in the HIP VIP
Premier Medicare Plan will continue to be covered by the DC 37
Health and Security Plan.
Because of the likely inconvenience and confusion caused by a
proposal to switch coverage for the first $500 to $1,000 of annual
drug expenditures to HIP/VIP, the DC 37 plan decided to scrap
the change, Ms. Esperon said. In November, the plan announced
that the change would be implemented in January.
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The DC 37 Health and Security Plan’s
mail-order program will become mandatory on Jan. 1 for participants who
are prescribed maintenance drugs. The plan decided to make the program
mandatory as it tries to curb expenditures on prescription drugs, which
continue to eat up a growing portion of its spending on welfare fund benefits.
Under the mail-order benefit, participants are
charged a lower co-payment than they would pay at a neighborhood pharmacy.
Shipping is free.
Using the CFI Mail Service Pharmacy offers the following benefits:
- Prescription are delivered directly
to your home with free shipping
- You can speak with a pharmacist
anytime, day or night
- You can order refills by phone
(800-223-7139) or online (www.cfipharmacy.com)
- You get up to a 90-day supply
of your medications (which means fewer refills and pharmacy visits).
To have your prescriptions delivered
to your home, you should have your doctor write a prescription for up
to a 90-day supply of your medication. You complete a mail service order
form included with a postage-free envelope. Insert the prescription and
payment and then send it off to CFI. You may obtain the envelope by visiting
the plan at union headquarters at 125 Barclay St. or by calling 212-815-1531.
Participants who don’t take the initiative to sign up for the mail-order
program will be permitted to fill their prescription for maintenance drugs
three times at their pharmacy. But on the fourth time, the pharmacy will
flag the order and the participant will be advised to use the mail service.
Getting your prescriptions delivered at home is as easy as mailing a letter.
Send the prescription signed by your doctor with a completed mail-order
form in a postage-paid envelope to CFI, which is the mail-order pharmacy
of the DC 37 Health and Security Plan’s prescription drug administrator,
NPA, which is affiliated with Express Scripts.
The mail-order program offers:
- Convenience
Prescriptions are delivered to your home within 10 to 14 days with free
delivery.
Refills are available by mail or by phone or online.
- Safe and Personal
Attention
Your prescription is double-checked for accuracy.
Registered pharmacists are available to answer your questions anytime.
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