Participating Pharmacies may not accept cash payment from a Covered Person, or from someone paying on behalf of the Covered Person, for any Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) covered prescription drug.

Effective April 1, 2015 new BIN and PCN information will need to be submitted with all Connect Health Solutions claims. Please make sure to program your system with the new processing information before April 1, 2015. Participants will be issued new ID cards with the new processing information. The participants ID number will not be changing.

Beginning April 1, 2015, Express Scripts will be the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) for Amerigroup Kansas members. Below are some important updates about the pharmacy benefit for these members.

TEMPORARILY your pharmacy was able to process claims for all Aetna Part D plans at CVS/Caremark Medicare Part D Network 12 and CVS/Caremark Medicare Part D Extended Days Supply Network 12 in network reimbursement rates. TEMPORARY ACCESS was effective for claims dating back to January 1, 2015. Please be advised that your TEMPORARY ACCESS for certain plans is through March 31, 2015.

This means that effective April 1, 2015 your pharmacy will receive Reject 40 (out-of-network) notices for claims submitted for the Standard and Standard Preferred Networks (Please download the PDF file listed below for more details).