Volume 15, Number 2: Fall 2007
Medication Update
The 2008 Preferred Medication List, effective January 1, 2008, is available online at www.capitalhealth.com. The document also explains the three tiers of copayments for medications: generics, preferred brand names, and non-preferred brand drugs. For the Medicare medication list, go to www.capitalhealth.com/medicare.
Using generic prescription drugs is a simple way to save money, as much as $480 per prescription per year. Generics are as effective as their brand name counterparts. If a specific drug you take has no generic, you may still have the option of using a generic within the same family of drugs.
Online Information Central!
Visit the CHP home page at www.capitalhealth.com for these publications and notices, located under "Document Center." For printed copies of the documents, please contact Cindy Duncan at 383-3481.
- Preferred Medication List, including pharmaceutical coverage information
- Tips for Better Laboratory Services
- Living Wills and Other Advance Directives
- Important Information about Your Plan:
- Members' Rights & Responsibilities
- Understanding CHP's Health Care Decision-Making
- CHP's affirmation statement about incentives
- Explanation of appeal rights and independent review organizations
- Improving Services for Members
- Steps for Safer Health Care
- Privacy of Personal Health Information
- Use and disclosure of personal health information
- Types and use of information members can enter on CHP's secure web site