Dear Pharmacy Owner or Manager, Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) is providing notification of changes to the Section 1: Prime Contact Information, 3: Claims Processing; Section 4: Benefit Plan; Section 5: Responsibility of Participating Pharmacy; Section 6: Participating Pharmacy Audit; and Section 7: Medicaid Requirements, of the Provider Manual effective September 1, 2016, which is incorporated by reference to the Pharmacy Participation Agreement.

CareSource Community Transition Program (CTP) Effective August 1, 2016, CVS Caremark® will begin to administer the prescription benefits for CareSource CTP. This program will only cover Naloxone Emergency Kits. RXBIN: 004336 RXPCN: ADV RXGRP: RX0799 Member ID Format: 12 digits, numeric only Person Code: Required

Medica Individual & Family Health Plan (IFB) Effective September 1, 2016, CVS Caremark®will begin to administer the prescription benefits for Medica Individual & Family Health Plan. Please update or create plan member profiles to reflect the changes regarding the following new plan adjudicating through CVS Caremark. RXBIN: 004336 RXPCN: ADV RXGRP: RX0297 Member ID Format: 10 digits Person Code : 2 digits

In this week's Generic News, we've got a new Generics Campaign slated to begin August 27, plus vendor news from Teva, Acatavis, Merck, and DPSI!

August 24, 2016 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, August 27, 2016 11:00 PM -  Sunday August 28, 2016 5:00 AM (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