Prescription - OptumRx

OptumRx is your plan’s pharmacy care services manager. Our commitment is to help you get the most out of your prescription medication benefit. We provide safe, easy and cost-effective ways for you to get the medication you need.

You will have access to OptumRx® home delivery and a large network of retail pharmacies, including large national chains and many local pharmacies. Go online or call us to help find a network pharmacy. You can also fill your prescription at an HSHS pharmacy.

You will be able to fill a 90-day supply of non-specialty prescription drugs using Walgreens, in addition to HSHS pharmacies and the OptumRx mail order service.

Yes, you can have your prescription filled at an HSHS pharmacy for a 90-day supply.

The formulary is a list of commonly prescribed medications covered by your plan. It also:

• Identifies medications for certain conditions and organizes them into cost levels called tiers
• Lets you know if any medications require prior authorization or step therapy, which may affect how they are covered
• Includes additional information about (medications that may have quantity/supply limits or be considered specialty

To see if your medication is covered under OptumRx, check the current formulary, by clicking HERE. 

• Medications will be delivered directly to your door, which means fewer trips to the pharmacy.
• You will receive up to a 90-day supply, which may save you money on copays
• Pharmacists will be available by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer questions.
• You can set up automatic reminders to help you remember when to take your medication and refill your prescriptions.
• Enroll in our Hassle-Free FillSM program and we’ll automatically refill and deliver your eligible maintenance medications to you.

You can fill your prescription at Optum® Specialty Pharmacy. Our patient care coordinators and pharmacists are trained to understand your special therapy needs.

• By e-prescribe. Your doctor can send an electronic prescription to OptumRx
• Go online. Visit the website on your member ID card
• By mobile app. Open the OptumRx app, which you can download from the Apple® App Store® or Google Play™
• By phone. Call the toll-free number on your member ID card

Specialty medications treat chronic conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. It can be an injectable, oral or inhaled medication with one or more of the following characteristics:

• May require ongoing clinical oversight and additional education for best management
• Have unique storage or shipping requirements
• May not be available at retail pharmacies