{"id":2578,"date":"2023-05-11T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluekc.com\/blog\/?post_type=blue_agent_articles&#038;p=2578"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:40:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:40:31","slug":"may-2023-formulary","status":"publish","type":"blue_agent_articles","link":"https:\/\/www.bluekc.com\/blog\/blue_agent_articles\/may-2023-formulary\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2023 Formulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) Medical and Pharmacy Management Committee has completed its quarterly review of the Prescription Drug Lists (PDLs) and other pharmacy programs for drug safety, effectiveness, clinical outcomes, and cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following groups \u2013 non-ACA small employer groups (2-99, including level funded ASO) and large employer groups (100+) \u2013 will see the following PDL updates, effective July 1, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Non-ACA Small Employer Groups (2-99, including level funded ASO)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluekcblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Formulary-Changes_Premium_7.1.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Premium Prescription Drug List Routine Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Large Employer Groups (100+)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluekcblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Formulary-Changes_Preferred_7.1.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preferred Prescription Drug List Routine Updates<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluekcblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Formulary-Changes_Premium_7.1.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Premium Prescription Drug List Routine Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Communications to groups<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Impacted large employer groups will receive an email next week, and impacted small employer groups will receive a letter that will mail this week. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluekcblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FINAL_Formulary-Changes_Preferred_Premium_Letters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read <\/a>the email and letter content. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impacted members will receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluekcblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PDL_SampleMemberLetters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter <\/a>appropriate to their prescription change by June 1. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions, please contact your Blue KC representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2547,"template":"","blue_agent_categories":[29],"tag":[43],"class_list":["post-2578","blue_agent_articles","type-blue_agent_articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blue_agent_categories-employer-group","tag-employer-resources"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>May 2023 Formulary - The Blueprint Blog - Blue KC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May 2023 Formulary - The Blueprint Blog - Blue KC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) Medical and Pharmacy Management Committee has completed its quarterly review of the Prescription Drug Lists (PDLs) and other pharmacy programs for drug safety, effectiveness, clinical outcomes, and cost. 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