Published on January 20, 2012

Important Announcement Regarding Maintenance Medications

Here at DHP, we are always on the lookout to provide our members with time-saving opportunities whenever possible. It is with this in mind that we are pleased to provide them a special offer on 90-day prescription refills. Starting April 1, 2012 Dean Health Plan (DHP) members taking qualifying* generic maintenance medication will automatically be enrolled to receive a 90-day supply. This change will be made after the patient has filled three consecutive prescriptions with the traditional 30-day supply. The patients will be required to pay a three-month copay at the point of purchase, for the three month’s supply of medication. A member may request an exception to this change by asking the retail pharmacy provider to switch back to a 30-day supply. This means fewer trips to the pharmacy, fewer payments and time saved for the member.

In order to ease members into this change, DHP is currently offering these DHP members an incentive to convert their prescription refills from a 30-day to a 90-day supply. For all qualifying generic maintenance prescriptions that are converted between November 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012, DHP will only charge two month’s copays instead of three. This offer is valid for prescriptions that have not yet converted to a 90-day refill.

*Members will receive outreach from DHP based on their use of a qualifying generic maintenance medication. Not all generic medication is considered a qualifying maintenance medication for the 90 day program.