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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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Dec

2015

CVS/caremark: New Implementation for Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc.

Effective: January 1, 2016

Effective January 1, 2016, Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. is spinning off from existing CVS/caremark client Manitowoc. 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: RX3599 Member ID Format Submit last 9 digits of ID Person Code not required

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Dec

2015

CVS/caremark: New Implementation for Arby's Restaurant Group

Effective: January 1, 2016

Effective January 1, 2016, CVS/caremark will begin to administer the prescription benefits for Arby’s Restaurant Group. 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: RX1272 Member ID Format 9 digits Person Code Not required

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Dec

2015

OptumRx: Health Alliance Medical Plan COB Changes

Effective: December 28, 2015

Catamaran, an Optum Rx Company, is providing notice of COB Segment processing changes for Healthcare Alliance Medical Plan. These changes are being made to align with the HFS-IL Medicaid Third Party Liability Billing instructions. As a result it is important to note that Other Coverage Code (OCC) 8 COB claims will no longer be accepted and pharmacies must submit the applicable OCC 2, 3, or 4 after sending to the Primary Payer. Specific details as to acceptable data in the COB segment for members that have been identified as having Alternate Insurance are included on the following page.

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Dec

2015

OptumRx: Field Safety Notification of OmniPod Insulin Management System by Insulet

Effective: December 1, 2015

Dear Healthcare Professional: On December 1, 2015, the FDA announced that Insulet initiated a voluntary Field Safety Notification of some lots of the OmniPod insulin management system due to a slight increase in the reported cases in which the OmniPod’s needle mechanism failed to deploy or there was a delay in the deployment of the needle mechanism. The incidence of this issue in the affected lots is approximately 1%-2%. Per Insulet, the higher rate of failure in the OmniPod insulin management systems could result in the interruption of insulin delivery which can cause hyperglycemia, and if left untreated, can result in diabetic ketoacidosis. To date, the affected lots have resulted in 66 medical device reports of which 3 required medical intervention.

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Dec

2015

Benecard: EmpiRx Health

Effective: January 1, 2016

Effective January 1, 2016 - EmpiRx Health is pleased to add the clients above to the EmpiRx Health Family of Plan Sponsors.

Members will receive new ID cards with instructions to present their new ID card to you for processing.

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