Amazon Pharmacy has actually landed another Blue Cross and Blue Shield consumer, Florida Blue revealed Tuesday.
Florida Blue will rely exclusively on Amazon Pharmacy to provide medications to its more than 2 million business and self-insured clients next year.
Seven other Blues strategies have actually tattooed comparable, unique house shipment agreements with Amazon Pharmacy: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Blue Cross Blue and Shield of Nebraska, Blue Cross and Blue Shield North Carolina, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, according to policy files released by the insurance providers.
Florida Blue, a not-for-profit insurance provider with almost 6 million members, did not react to an interview demand. Amazon decreased to discuss the number of clients it serves through its prescription drug shipment service.
” This growth of our deal with the Blue strategies supports our objective of making access to prescription medications as basic as any other purchase: conserving clients time, providing more control over their purchases and assisting them remain healthy,” an Amazon representative composed in an e-mail.
The different Blues strategies have actually likewise partnered with Amazon and its drug store advantage supervisor to incorporate a drug discount rate voucher into members’ advantages. Unlike contending drug discount rate cards, the quantity clients pay through MedsYourWay uses towards their deductibles and out-of-pocket optimums.
This month, Centene’s Wellcare revealed that Amazon will be a favored drug store for its 1.5 million Medicare Advantage members next year.
