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Pharmacy Solutions

Our pharmacy benefit team is reducing costs, improving quality, and helping people to better manage their care — and we've got the studies to prove it.
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Changing the way we do pharmacy.

We're teaming up with the right people to bring the best pharmacy solutions to you. See how:

Integration makes things better.

Highmark clients with integrated pharmacy can save an average of $230 per member per year.*

Read the full white paper to find out more.

Integration also leads to shorter hospital stays, better chronic condition management, and better overall health for members in general. Now that’s a win-win scenario.

How our pharmacy benefits work.

We use six key strategies to help keep your costs down while keeping members healthy.

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Utilization Management

This helps drive members to quality, affordable medications. Save up to 6.9%.**

Network Management ****

Choose pharmacy networks to balance cost and access for all prescription needs. Save up to 2.25%.**

Specialty Drug Management

Our exclusive specialty pharmacy relationships can give you better care. Save up to 25%.***

Customized Plan Design *****

A few extra cost-sharing options like copayment, coinsurance, and mail-order pharmacy that can save you money. Save up to 7%.**

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Formulary Management

Choose the best formulary to give access to appropriate, affordable drugs. Save up to 6%.**

Coordinated Care

Support members with a team of on-staff pharmacists, case managers, and health coaches. Save up to 0.6%.**

Let's get you integrated

Our pharmacy solutions can improve lives and save your company money.

* Findings based on 2020 HealthScape Advisors study. HealthScape Advisors, an independent company, was engaged by Highmark to conduct an analysis of medical claims costs for ASO groups from 2017-2019.

** The savings maximum is an estimate based on adding multiple programs in the Six Strategies bucket; actual savings very based on current benefit setup.

*** Save up to 25% on medical specialty, site of care drugs.

**** Network Management is not available to fully insured groups in Delaware; only available to ASO groups.

***** In Delaware, member copays cannot vary based on whether the prescription is obtained via retail or mail order.