Specialty Pharmacy Services

Preferred Care works with CuraScript, a specialty pharmacy services company, which provides specialty injectable medications to our members with chronic conditions to help maximize their medication management.  Prescriptions are delivered by next-day service to the member’s home or office.  You may refer to the CuraScript Web site at www.curascript.com for additional information on the services that may be provided to physicians and patients.

The following medications may be purchased only through CuraScript and do not require prior authorization.

Agents for Multiple Sclerosis

• Avonex
• Betaseron
• Copaxone
• Rebif

The following drugs require prior authorization through Preferred Care and must be obtained through CuraScript.

Agents for Cystic Fibrosis

• Pulmozyme
• Tobi

Agents for Hepatitis B and C

• Baraclude
• Copegus
• Hepsera
• Infergen
• Intron A
• Peg-Intron
• Pegasys
• Rebetol
• Ribavirin
• Roferon A
• Tyzeka

Growth Hormones

• Genotropin
• Geref
• Humatrope
• I-Plex
• Norditropin
• Nutropin
• Omnitrope
• Protropin
• Saizen
• Sermorelin acetate
• Serostim
• Somatrem
• Somatropin
• Tev-Tropin
• Valtropin
• Zorbitive

Agents for Psoriasis/Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Amevive
• Enbrel
• Humira
• Kineret
• Orencia
• Raptiva

Miscellaneous Agents

• Ceprotin
• Forteo
• Fuzeon
• Lucentis
• Somavert
• Soliris
• Synagis- requires prior authorization when billed through Medco.
• Tysabri
• Vivaglobin
• Xolair

Chemotherapy Agents

• Gleevec
• Hycamtin

• Iressa
• Nexavar
• Revlimid
• Sprycel
• Sutent
• Tasigna
• Tarceva
• Thalomid
• Tykerb
• Zolinza

Pulmonary Hypertension Agents

• Letairis

• Revatio
• Tracleer
• Ventavis

For Medicare members, CuraScript is the preferred specialty vendor for pharmacy Part D drugs.

*Please note that this list is subject to change.*

Last updated: Aug 4, 2008