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I recently found out that Walgreens and Express Scripts have parted ways. For the past year, Walgreens has negotiated with Express Scripts to continue to be the pharmacy’s provider network. The negotiations were unsuccessful and the contract expired. As a result, Walgreens is no longer part of the Express Scripts network as of January 1, 2012. This means that all Walgreens pharmacies and Duane Reade pharmacies in the New York City area are no longer included in the Express Scripts pharmacy network.
This situation forces many pharmacy customers to go elsewhere to use their in-network pharmacy benefits for their meds. This change of network coverage reportedly causes disruption to a lot of people, not to mention the hassle they have to go through when getting prescriptions filled at pharmacies with less convenient hours or location.
One of Express Scripts’ clients in particular that is affected by the split is Tricare, the health prescription drug program for the US military. In an effort to support our troops, Walgreens took the unprecedented step of offering Express Scripts guaranteed prices that would match or beat the average costs per adjusted prescription of all other pharmacies in the Tricare network. This was done in an attempt to prevent the military personnel from being caught in the middle. Both of these proposals were rejected by Express Scripts.
Over the years many Express Scripts patients have developed a trusted relationship with their Walgreens pharmacists. To minimize their disruption and convenience, Walgreens is offering a special discount on annual membership for the Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens. If you are affected by the network change, let your voice be heard by following Walgreens on Twitter and by subscribing to Walgreens on Facebook.
