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Managing Your Prescriptions

When you have prescription and pharmacy benefits through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, our online tools in your Blue Access for MembersSM account help you find a pharmacy, get a drug at the lowest cost, set up refill alerts and much more.

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Prescriptions Covered By Your Plan

A prescription drug list is a list of drugs available to members covered by your plan.
To find out if your prescription is covered, log in to your member account.

If you’re shopping for a plan or if you know the name of your plan's drug list, you can review it without having or logging in to an account.

Drug Lists

Managing Your Prescriptions

Prior authorization, step therapy and dispensing limit programs encourage safe, cost-effective medication use. These programs may be part of your prescription drug benefits. Log in to your account to review your prescription and pharmacy benefits  to find out if your benefit plan has these programs.

Prior Authorization

Prior Authorization

Some prescriptions need approval before your benefit plan covers them. Prior authorization helps make sure the drug is prescribed, managed, and taken safely. Often, a doctor submits information before the prescription is filled.

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Step Therapy

Step therapy encourages the use of preferred drugs before trying a non-preferred drug. Preferred drugs are safe and work well in treating a specific medical condition. They are a cost-effective choice. Often, a non-preferred drug costs more.

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Dispensing Limits

Dispensing limits are rules around the amount of a prescription drug you can fill at a pharmacy at one time. Limits are often based on the drug maker's research. They help encourage safe medication use as intended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Prime Therapeutics LLC is a separate company contracted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois to provide pharmacy solutions. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, as well as several independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, has an ownership interest in Prime Therapeutics LLC.