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Preferred Drug List Changes |
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will be making changes effective July 1, 2012 to its preferred drug list (PDL). Some drugs will be moved to their preferred list and some will be moved to their non-preferred list. There are some changes to quality management, step therapy program and prior authorization as well.
Members who are currently taking any of the medications that are being removed from the PDL or who are affected by a utilization management program change should receive a letter from Caremark informing them of the change.
Click here for more detailed information on these changes. Members who start or continue to use the drugs that have been removed from the PDL on or after July 1st will pay the highest copayment.
Feel free to contact BC at 1-800-760-9290 with any questions |
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Action Requested from SCDA Medical Plan Participants |
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This notice applies to those SCDA members' practices that are covered under the SCDA group medical plan.
In a continued effort to protect their clients' personal health information (PHI), Mercer (the firm the SCDA utilizes in billing for the group medical plan) has created a process to use personal identification numbers (PINs) when contacted by their clients via phone. The reason for this PIN is to ensure that Mercer's personnel is disclosing client information and PHI only to those individuals who have been deemed as authorized by our dental practices.
Please click here to download the appropriate forms, providing the names and contact information for all individuals whom you authorize to have access to this type of information from the Mercer team. Mercer will use this form to update their system by either adding any new contacts or by removing any contacts that are no longer authorized, but had been provided to them by your practice sometime in the past.
Each contact you give permissions to will then need to fill out the Client Contact PIN/Password Designation Form that can also be found on the above link.
If you or any other authorized contact, would like to change their PIN or password at any time, simply complete and return a new form and Mercer will update their records.
The deadline to return this information is 6/30/12. Feel free to either fax or e-mail the completed forms to Mercer at 1-314-621-0518 or jennifer.a.hahs@mercer.com. You can contact either Jennifer at 1-314-982-5673 or Anita at 1-314-982-5637 with any questions. |
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Have Your Cake and Eat it Too! |
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How would you like to be protected by the most reliable professional liability insurance in our state AND do so at an affordable price? Well you can indeed have the best of both worlds simply by contacting the SCDA office and asking for a quote.
The SCDA Member Benefits Group can provide you with a free quote on malpractice insurance all while backing you with a carrier that has won over 90% of their cases that have gone to trial, has closed more claims without payment than any other carrier in SC, has successfully defended more SC medical professionals than any other carrier in SC, are the only carrier endorsed by all 3 of the leading medical/dental professional associations in SC and they have been operating in our great state for over 35 consecutive years.
Why settle? Competitive premiums are closer than you think. Contact our office today at 1-800-327-2598 or via e-mail at ski@scda.org for your free quote. |
