Standard drug plan or maintenance drug program
When it comes to covering maintenance drugs, customers have a choice of a standard drug program and our maintenance drug program:
- A standard plan is built à la carte and employees fill prescriptions at the pharmacy of their choice.
- The maintenance drug program is different: it provides built in cost management, robust support for employees with chronic health conditions, and employees are encouraged to fill their prescriptions at the Express Scripts Canada Pharmacy.
Just 20% of claimants account for 80% of plan costs. Their drugs cost 15 times more than other claimants, but it’s not because they’re taking costly specialty drugs—90% take only maintenance drugs to treat multiple chronic conditions.* Our maintenance program enables customers to put more focus on this 90% opportunity.**
Customer choice
It’s really all about how ready business leaders are to influence employees’ pharmacy choices in return for increased management of their drug benefit. It’s the perfect complement to our specialty drug program, for employers who are ready.
It’s really all about how ready business leaders are to influence employees’ pharmacy choices in return for increased management of their drug benefit. It’s the perfect complement to our specialty drug program, for employers who are ready.
*Express Scripts Canada Prescription Drug Trend Report, 2018
**Not available to residents of Quebec
**Not available to residents of Quebec