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MedicareBlue Solutions health plans are available in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming

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Step Therapy

In step therapy, certain high-cost drugs are covered by MedicareBlue Rx only after other safe, clinically appropriate, and more cost-effective drugs have been tried. If step-one drugs do not provide the required therapeutic benefit, MedicareBlue Rx will cover a step-two drug.

In the event you need a prior authorization to override the step therapy requirement, we encourage your prescribing physician to use the appropriate physician request for step therapy authorization and fax it to the number provided on the form for all medications where the initial step therapy criteria was not met.

Following are the step therapy program guidelines:

  • The prescribing physician can fax the applicable step therapy form to MedicareBlue Rx for any drug that appears on the step therapy list;
  • Contact Customer Service for MedicareBlue Rx:

Toll Free 1-888-832-0075
TTY/TDD users should call 1-800-693-3819
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., daily, Central and Mountain Time

Once the drug is authorized, it can be filled at any participating pharmacy (except for the few drugs which may require a specialty pharmacy; check with your physician).

Search the drug formulary to find out if your drug requires prior authorization.

May 13, 2008

Important Information

This page last updated and accepted by CMS January 2008.

MedicareBlue PPO and MedicareBlue Rx coverage is provided by only one of the following plans, depending on the state in which the policy is issued: Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa,* Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota,* Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana,* Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska,* Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota,* Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota,* and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming.*

*Independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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