October 2024

Medicare Annual Enrollment Resources

EnlivenHealth's Medicare Plan Comparison Tools

EnlivenHealth’s Medicare Match targets high-value patients with a ‘win-win’ plan that benefits them and drives profits to your pharmacy, while also quickly facilitating support for patients who ask you to help them with Medicare plan selection.

With Medicare Match, pharmacists can efficiently support patients in choosing the Medicare plan that perfectly matches their healthcare needs and financial requirements. Special discounted rates are available to APRx members.

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Elevates' Medicare Part D Digital Kit Now Available

Elevate’s 2025 Medicare Part D Digital Kit will help you start the conversation about plan selection with your Med D patients during this important time of year.

Marketing materials in English and Spanish: bag stuffers, posters, social media graphics
Patient letter templates in English and Spanish
Pharmacist checklist
Med Part D plan comparison tools

The Board Aims to Boost Engagement with Members

The eight members of the American Pharmacies Board of Directors recently traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee for their annual Strategic Planning Meeting. They also took the opportunity to hold a reception to meet with many of our Tennessee members and other invited guests.

APRx VP of Government Affairs Michael Wright presents to APRx Board members and executives.

(L-R) APRx Board members Sabrina Griggs and Vance Oglesbee of Texas with Tennessee member Art Snow.

Cencora’s Updated Return Policy Does Not Impact APRx Members

If you received an email from Cencora regarding its updated return policy, please be aware that the 365-day return policy is still in effect for APRx members.

APRx Now Offers National Discount Program with FedEx

In partnership with Concord Strategic Partner Group, American Pharmacies members can take advantage of a broad and deep portfolio of supplier agreements leveraging Vizient, the largest GPO in the healthcare industry. FedEx, one of the many suppliers affiliated with the partnership agreement, offers tailored logistics solutions designed to meet the unique needs of retail pharmacies.

APRx Leaders Meet with Cencora Executives in Texas

The Cencora Community Pharmacy & Long-Term Care Pharmacy executive team traveled to Texas to meet with the APRx executive team on Tuesday, October 9^th. The primary meeting objective was to foster mutual understanding and streamline processes to positively impact our members.

Cencora Attendees

Tim Cernohous – SVP & President of Community Retail and Long-Term Care Pharmacy
Jenni Zilka – President of Good Neighbor Pharmacy
Frank Harris – Senior Vice President of Community Retail and Long-Term Care Pharmacy
Nick Petrucci – National Vice President of Buying Groups
Kimberlee Crane – Director of Buying Groups

APRx and Cencora Executive Teams

(L-R) APRx Board Member Russell Pelzel of Texas stands with APRx VP of Pharmacy Analytics & Clinical Services and Cencora SVP & President of Community Retail and Long-Term Care Pharmacy Tim Cernohous.

User Tip of the Month

Missing Patient Report

Report Location: Transactional Reports > Patient

The Missing Patients Report enables pharmacies to pinpoint patients with claim activity in one period but no activity in a subsequent period. You can define these periods as desired and specifically target patients per the additional report parameters.

Texas Members: If you’ve paid credentialing fees, you shouldn’t have!

If you have paid credentialing fees, make sure you file a complaint with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to receive a refund. TPBC’s SB 94 broke major new ground for Texas retail pharmacy with a ban against PBM-assessed transaction fees. The law prohibits fees for network management services, inclusion in a network, services related to the adjudication of a claim, services for processing a claim, services related to transmitting a claim, or for developing a claims processing and adjudication network. It also gives the Texas Dept. of Insurance stronger enforcement capabilities.

Complaint Portal

Texas Task Force Recommends Pharmacy Reimbursement Floor as Part of Expansive Improvements to State-Sponsored Pharmacy Benefits.

In a comprehensive report, the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative (TPI) Board outlined numerous opportunities to reduce costs, maintain access, and increase efficiency.