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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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Prime Therapeutics: Processing Update for BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois and New Mexico Medicaid - Acne Medication

Effective May 15th 2017

Effective May 15, 2017, acne medications used primarily for acne will be covered for Covered Persons of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and New Mexico Medicaid 25 years of age and younger.

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2017

United Healthcare : OptumRx - UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Part D Plans Prescription Compound Medication Claim Processing Guidelines

Effective June 1, 2017

Per Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines, when a prescription claim for a compound medication containing multiple ingredients is used for a non-medicallyaccepted indication, the compound is no longer considered eligible for payment under Medicare Part D.

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May

2017

CVS Caremark : Envolve Pharmacy Solutions - Superior HealthPlan

Effective June 1, 2017

As previously communicated by Envolve Pharmacy Solutions (formerly US Script) and CVS Caremark®, Superior HealthPlan began using the CVS Caremark pharmacy network on July 19, 2016, while claims processing and payment remained with Envolve Pharmacy Solutions.

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May

2017

Prime Therapeutics : Processing Update for Olmesartan® for Covered Persons of Florida Blue

Effective May 5, 2017

Effective May 5, 2017, Florida Blue will no longer be advantaging Benicar/Benicar HCT brand. This change is due to generic versions of Benicar/Benicar HCT (olmesartan/ olmesartan-HCTZ) being available on the market.

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2017

MedImpact : Scheduled System Maintenance

May 3, 2017

MedImpact will be performing scheduled system maintenance on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 between 8:00PM and 11:00PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).  Claims adjudication will experience a brief outage lasting approximately 3-5 minutes during that time.

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