PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Caremark
At the Pharmacy
Provider Network: 57,000 pharmacies nationwide
Discount Range:   An average savings of 31% on generic drugs and an average savings of 13% on brand name prescriptions
 
Participating Pharmacies:  Albertson’s Pharmacy, Publix Pharmacy, Brookshire Pharmacy, Rite Aid Pharmacy, Costco, Safeway, CVS, Sam’s Club Pharmacy, Drug Emporium, Smith’s Pharmacy, K-Mart, Target Pharmacy, Kroger Pharmacy, Tom Thumb, Lucky Rx, Walgreen’s ,Meijer Pharmacy, Wal-Mart, Eckerd Drug, Minyard and many more
 
Network Retail Rates:
(AWP = Average Wholesale Price)
Name Brand: AWP – 13% + $4.00 dispensing fee
Generic: AWP – 13%, or PCS MAC, + $4.0 dispensing fee
 
Mail Order
Discount Range: Up to 60% off
Rates: Brand Name: AWP – 17% +$1.00 dispensing fee  Generic: AWP – 50% +$1.00 dispensing fee
 
• Mail Order Prescription Drug Discounts allow you to maximize your savings on prescription drugs ordered in 30-to 90-day supplies.
• Prescriptions will be mailed to your home at no additional charge.
• Provides the highest level of discount for long-term medication.
• All orders processed within 48 hours.
Note: Program is not designed for prescriptions needed immediately.
 
Online Pharmacy
• Visit www.caremark.com to order prescriptions and other personal care items online.
• Prescriptions and other items will be delivered directly to your home at no additional charge.
 
Drugs Discounted by Caremark
• Legend drugs [Exceptions: See Exclusions list below]
• Anti-wrinkle agents
• Cosmetic hair removal products
• Depo-Provera may be dispensed in up to a 90-day supply
• Diabetic care:
 o Alcohol swabs
 o Blood glucose monitors
 o Disposable blood/urine glucose/acetone testing agents
 o Disposable needles/syringes, insulin, insulin delivery devices (e.g. NovoPen, NovolinPen and BD Pen)
 o Lancets and lancet devices
• Growth hormones
• Hair growth stimulants
• Immunization agents, blood or blood plasma
• Levonorgestrel (Norplant)
• Peak flow meters
• Spacers
• Compounded medication of which at least one ingredient is a legend drug
• Any other drug, which under the applicable state law, may only be dispensed upon the written prescription of a physician or other lawful prescriber.
 
Demographics
Average member is between 75-80 years of age; 65%-70% female, most likely to live in the eastern section of the Midwest (Illinois to Tennessee to Ohio).
 
EXCLUSIONS
Therapeutic devices or appliances unless listed as an included product.
 
Charges for the administration or injection of any drug.
 
Medication which is to be taken by or administered to an individual, in whole or in part, while he or she is a patient in a hospital, rest home, sanitarium, extended care facility, convalescent hospital, nursing home or similar institution which operates on its premises, or allows to be operated on its premises, a facility for dispensing pharmaceuticals.