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Medicare Pharmacies

Save on Prescription Drugs and Get Home Delivery

You can save money on prescription drugs with our plans. You also can get your prescriptions delivered right to your home – it’s easy and saves time.

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Prescription Drug Search

Drugs covered by Blue Cross Medicare AdvantageSM and Blue Cross MedicareRxSM plans are listed in formularies (drug lists). Each plan has its own drug list which includes generic and brand name drugs. The list also provides information about drug copays and limitations such as prior authorization, quantity limit, and step therapy. 

Drug lists can change. Normally, any changes in the drug list are reflected in the list at the beginning of each year. However, during the year, we might make other changes that are allowed by Medicare rules. We will provide you with advance notice of these changes.

Finding out if your prescription is covered is easy with our Drug Finder tool . It’s updated regularly, so you can find the most up-to-date list of drugs covered by each plan. You will also receive a printed formulary in your welcome kit.  

Facts About Network Pharmacies

Blue Cross Medicare Advantage has contracts with pharmacies nationwide that equal or exceed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements for pharmacy access. To receive benefits, you must use network pharmacies or our home delivery pharmacy service, except in emergencies.

Search the Pharmacy Finder tool  to find the most up-to-date network of pharmacies. 

Preferred Network Pharmacies

The Blue Cross Medicare Advantage pharmacy network has both preferred and standard pharmacies to choose from when you fill your prescription drugs. You may choose either type, but you will usually save money by paying a lower copay or coinsurance when you use a preferred pharmacy. Preferred network pharmacies include Jewel-Osco, Mariano’s, Walgreens, Walmart and other independent pharmacies. Some plans1 include only Jewel-Osco and Walgreens as preferred pharmacies.. Check your plan's pharmacy directory for a full list of preferred pharmacies. 

Home Delivery

In addition to in-network pharmacies, you can use one of our home delivery pharmacies and have your medications delivered straight to your home. Our home delivery pharmacies offer: 

  • Three ways to order refills: online, by phone or through the mail 
  • Up to a 90-day supply of medications at one time 
  • Choice of notification by text message, email or phone when your order is received and when your prescriptions are mailed 
  • Free standard shipping any place in the U.S. and automatic refills    

To get started, please call one of our home delivery pharmacies:

What you should know about using out-of-network pharmacies

Covered drugs are available at out-of-network pharmacies in emergencies or unusual circumstances, like non-routine access to covered Part D drugs when traveling outside the plan’s service area where there is no network pharmacy.

For more information on these special circumstances for out-of-network coverage and pharmacies that may be available to you, please contact us.

Specialty Pharmacy

Specialty medications are often prescribed to treat complex and/or chronic conditions and have unique shipping or handling needs. You may be able to fill specialty prescriptions at certain retail pharmacies if they stock the medication.

You can also use one of two specialty pharmacy options:

 

You can download your formulary on our Forms and Documents page by selecting your plan.

If you need help with other plan documents, please contact us.

 

1Blue Cross MedicareRx Basic (PDP); Blue Cross MedicareRx Choice (PDP)

2 Walgreens Mail Service is contracted to provide mail pharmacy services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.

3 Express Scripts Pharmacy is a pharmacy that is contracted to provide mail pharmacy services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Express Scripts Pharmacy is a trademark of Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

4 Amazon Pharmacy is contracted to provide pharmacy home delivery services to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.

5 Accredo is a specialty pharmacy that is contracted to provide services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. Accredo is a trademark of Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.

6 Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy is contracted to provide specialty pharmacy services to members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois.