BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina and CVS/caremark^® are introducing the new Advanced Choice Network^TM. This network is exclusive for all BlueCross and BlueChoice^®Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchange) plans.  CVS/caremark is an independent company that provides pharmacy benefit management and pharmacy services on behalf of BlueCross and BlueChoice.

Beginning Oct. 1, 2016, Blue Essentials^SM (BlueCross Exchange) and Blue Option^SM (BlueChoice Exchange) members must use pharmacies in the Advanced Choice Network. If members fill prescriptions at a non-participating pharmacy after Oct. 1, 2016, they will be required to pay the full retail price.  APNS is participating in the Advanced Choice Network.  This is a limited network. 

Attached please find a listing that shows a claim count by zip code  where there are excluded pharmacies.  Your pharmacy has the opportunity to pick up some of these claims by being in network.

Members have already received a notification advising them of this change, which also includes a list of participating pharmacies closest to their homes.

ATTENTION PHARMACISTS:

URGENT FDA NOTICE: GlucaGen HypoKit (glucagon [rDNA origin] for injection)

by Novo Nordisk Inc: Recall - Detached Needles on Syringe

Novo Nordisk Inc. is recalling six batches of the GlucaGen HypoKit in the U.S. due to two customer complaints from the UK and Portugal involving detached needles on the syringe with Sterile Water for Injection (SWFI).

OptumRx will be performing scheduled maintenance to our claim processing system on Saturday, September 17 from 9:00p.m. (PT) until 5:00 a.m. (PT) Sunday, September 18. Actual maintenance time required for this outage may be reduced, at which point OptumRx will resume processing claims and other functions earlier.

Dear Valued Provider,