Encourage your patients to use preferred pharmacies to save money on prescriptions

As health care professionals, you can encourage your patients – our Medicare Advantage members with Independence Blue Cross (IBX) prescription drug coverage – to save money by filling their prescriptions at preferred pharmacies.

Currently, Tier 1 and 2 prescriptions (which include generic drugs) have lower copayments when filled at preferred pharmacies.

Effective January 1, 2025, Medicare Advantage patients with individual IBX coverage will pay $0 for Tier 1 and 2 prescriptions at preferred pharmacies. At standard (non-preferred) pharmacies, our members will have copayment amounts that vary by plan.

​​Preferred pharmacies

​Standard pharmacies
CVS
​Acme
Giant
​Costco
​Rite Aid
​Sam's Club
ShopRite
​Sav-on Pharmacy
​Target
​Walgreens
​Wegmans
​Walmart
Select independent pharmacies
​Other independent pharmacies

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Your patients (our members) can find a preferred pharmacy through https://welcome.benefitrx.com/ibxmedicare/pharmacy-locator.

Practices can see lower cost medication options on many electronic medical record (EMR) systems.

Through our mail-order pharmacy, OptumRx® Home Delivery, members can get their prescriptions shipped to their home at the same cost-sharing as if they filled at a preferred pharmacy.