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Since 1984, APCI has been the ‘united voice of independent pharmacy’

APCI began as a small buying group for a limited number of independent pharmacies in central Alabama. Since that time, the cooperative has grown to more than 1,800 members pharmacies in 26 states, and provides its members with a wide range of products and services.

Our mission is to represent the economic and professional interests of independent pharmacies by providing leadership, vision, and a collective voice for our members in the healthcare marketplace. Our goal is to level the playing field for our member pharmacies by providing innovative, targeted programs to benefit our entire membership.

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Nov

2016

PerformRx: Prestige Health Choice Plan

Effective December 1st 2016

Dear Pharmacy Provider,

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that, effective December 1, 2016; PerformRx will be providing pharmacy benefit management services to Prestige Health Choice Plan. Your provision of Pharmacy Services to Prestige Health Choice Plan members will be governed by the terms and conditions of your PerformRx Participating Pharmacy Agreement under your Prestige Health Choice amendment.

*Please see attached PDF for more information.

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Nov

2016

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. - Owensboro Health

Effective January 1st 2017

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. will begin processing for Owensboro Health as of 1/1/2017.

Since you have already agreed to participate with MedImpact, there will be no information for you to return.


*Please see attached PDF for more information.

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Nov

2016

Prime Therapeutics: Claims Processing Outage Notification

Effective Saturday November 5, 2016 11:00p.m. to Sunday November 6, 2016 5:00 a.m. (Central Time)

Dear Valued Provider,


Due to system maintenance at Prime Therapeutics, our claims processing system will be unavailable for claims adjudication during the time frame listed below.


Saturday November 5, 2016 11:00 p.m. to Sunday November 6, 2016 5:00 a.m. (Central Time)


During this downtime, claims will not be processed.  Please communicate this information to your pharmacies.

If you have any questions regarding processing claims, please call the Prime Contact Center at 800.821.4795.  Prime's Contact Center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Thank you,

Pharmacy Network Management
Prime Therapeutics LLC


Prime Therapeutics Contracting Fax number: 877.823.6373

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Nov

2016

CVS Caremark: Aetna Better Health of Texas STAR Kids

Effective November 1st 2016

Effective November 1, 2016, Texas STAR Kids will go live with Aetna Better Health of Texas. Please be aware that during the transition new members may not have received their new ID cards or they may not have them available when they present a prescription at the pharmacy. These members are active as of November 1, 2016, and eligible in the system. CVS Caremark Pharmacy Help Desk will be able to assist your pharmacy staff with missing ID numbers. Please contact 1-877-874-3317 and use option 5 for Texas STAR Kids.

*Please see attached PDF for more information.

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Nov

2016

OptumRx: Brand Zetia and its Generic Ezetimide

Effective December 12th 2016

Effective 12/12/2016

For most members in the following plans:

  • AARP® MedicareRx
  • AARP® MedicareComplete®
  • UnitedHealthcare® MedicareComplete Plans
  • United MedicareRx
  • UnitedHealthcare MedicareRx Plans

Upon the release of the generic for the brand medication Zetia, the brand name version of Zetia will continue to be the preferred product. The generic Ezetimide will be a non-covered/non formulary drug.

Please continue to process claims for brand Zetia as it will process without any need of a prior authorization. The generic Ezetimide will be not be a covered drug and should reject as a non-covered/non formulary drug, if you get this reject, changing the drug back to brand Zetia will allow the drug to process.

In addition, if you get a paid claim for generic Ezetimide, please reverse the claim and continue to process for brand Zetia. You will see that as the brand Zetia is on the preferred tier, it will produce a lower copay amount for the member than processing the generic even if the generic pays.

TO REDUCE PROCESSING ERRORS, PLEASE CONFIRM THE INFORMATION ON MEMBER’S ID CARD PRIOR TO SUBMITTING PRESCRIPTION CLAIMS.

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