Medicare and Medicaid
Who are the sponsors that will be offering the Medicare-approved drug discount cards?
On March 25, 2004, Health and Human Services secretary Thompson announced the names of the Medicare-approved drug card sponsors. For more information about the Medicare-approved drug discount cards please visit the Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs section of www.medicare.gov or call 1-800 MEDICARE. You can find out about cards available in your area as well as information about the $600 credit for low-income beneficiaries.
Seventy three drug card programs have received approval from CMS.
There are 37 general sponsors, who will provide Medicare-approved drug discount cards to all eligible applicants. In addition, five sponsors will provide Medicare-approved drug discount cards that can be used by those eligible for services from one or more of the following: Indian health pharmacies, Long Term Care pharmacies and in the U.S. Territories. These sponsors are:
A&A Drug Company |
aClaim Inc. |
ACS State Healthcare, LLC 1 |
AdvancePCS Health, L.P. 2 |
Aetna Health Management, LLC |
Anthem Health Plans |
Argus Health Systems, Inc. |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. |
Caremark Advantage, Inc. |
Computer Sciences Corporation 4 |
Discount Development Services, L.L.C. |
Envision Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. |
First Health Services Corporation |
HealthSpring, Inc. |
Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. |
Independence Blue Cross, Inc. |
Iowa Prescription Drug Corporation |
Liberty Healthcare Group, Inc. |
McKesson Health Solutions, Arizona |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. |
Medical Security Card Company |
MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. |
PBM Plus, Inc. 3 |
PGBA, LLC |
PharmaCare Management Services, Inc. |
Pharmaceutical Technologies, Inc. |
Pharmacy Care Alliance, Inc. 5 |
Prime Therapeutics, LLC |
Public Sector Partners, Inc. |
Scrip Solutions, LLC |
Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. |
SXC Health Solutions, Inc. |
United HealthCare Insurance Company |
UPMC Health Plan |
WellPoint Pharmacy Management |
WHP Health Initiatives, Inc. 2 |
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- Serving Long Term Care pharmacies only.
- General Medicare-approved drug discount card also serving the U.S. Territories.
- General Medicare-approved drug discount card also serving Long Term Care pharmacies.
- General Medicare-approved drug discount card also serving Long Term Care and Indian Health Services pharmacies.
- General Medicare-approved drug discount card also serving Indian Health Services pharmacies.
Note: Several drug card applicants submitted more than one application, but are represented on the list only once. A total of 39 applicants are approved.
There are 43 exclusive sponsors who will provide Medicare-approved drug discount cards only to their plan members. If your Medicare managed care plan offers a Medicare-approved drug discount card to its plan members, you can choose to join only this discount card. If you choose not to join the discount card offered by your Medicare managed care plan, you cannot choose another Medicare-approved drug discount card. If your Medicare managed care plan doesn't offer a Medicare-approved drug discount card, or offers a discount card that is open to non-members, you can choose any Medicare-approved drug discount card offered in your state. These sponsors are:
AmeriHealth HMO, Inc. |
Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Inc. (2 plans) |
Av-Med Health Plan, Inc |
Blue Cross & Blue Shield-Massachusetts |
California Physicians' Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California |
CarePlus Health Plans, Inc. |
Chinese Community Health Plan |
Community Care HMO, Inc. |
Community Insurance Company (2 plans) |
Elder Health Maryland HMO, Inc. |
Elder Health of PA, Inc. |
Group Health Incorporated |
Group Health Plan, Inc. |
Hawaii Medical Service Association |
Health Net Life Insurance Company |
Health Net Life Insurance Company |
Health Net of Arizona, Inc. |
Health Net of Connecticut |
Health Net of NV |
Health Net of CA |
Health Options, Inc. |
Health Plan of Nevada (2 plans) |
Health Plan of the Upper Ohio Valley |
HealthPartners |
Highmark, Inc. |
HIP of Greater New York |
Hometown Health Plan |
Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc. |
Humana Health Plan, Inc. |
Humana Health Plan, Inc. |
Humana Health Plan, Inc. |
Humana Insurance Company |
Humana Insurance Company |
Humana Insurance Company |
Humana Medical Plan, Inc. |
Independence Blue Cross |
Independent Health Association |
Inter Valley Health Plan, Inc. |
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. |
Keystone Health Plan East, Inc. |
Keystone Health Plan West, Inc. |
Lovelace Health Plan, Inc. |
MMM Healthcare, Inc. |
Neighborhood Health Partnership, Inc. |
PacifiCare of Arizona, Inc. |
PacifiCare of California d/b/a Secure Horizons |
PacifiCare of Colorado, Inc. (2 plans) |
PacifiCare of Nevada, Inc. |
PacifiCare of Oklahoma, Inc. |
PacifiCare of Oregon, Inc. |
PacifiCare of Texas, Inc. |
PacifiCare of Washington, Inc. |
Partners National Health Plans of NC, Inc. |
Preferred Care Partners Inc. |
Quality Health Plans, Inc. |
Rocky Mountain Health Plans |
SCAN Health Plan |
SelectCare of Texas, L.L.C. |
SummaCare Inc. |
Tenet Choices, Inc. (2 plans) |
UCare Minnesota |
UHP Healthcare |
United Health Plans of New England, Inc. |
United Healthcare Insurance Company |
United Healthcare of Alabama, Inc. |
United Healthcare of Florida, Inc. (2 plans) |
United Healthcare of New York, Inc. |
United Healthcare of North Carolina |
United Healthcare of Ohio, Inc. |
United Healthcare of the Midlands, Inc. |
United Healthcare of the Midwest, Inc. |
United Healthcare of Wisconsin, Inc. |
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
UPMC Health Benefits, Inc. |
Welborn Health Plan |
Well Care HMO, Inc. |
WellCare of New York, Inc. |
Western Health Advantage |
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