Mandatory Mail Order and Maintenance Choice Program

Mandatory Mail Order and Maintenance Choice Program. Flexibilty and cost-savings all in one!

Two options – your choice!

Did you know you can get your maintenance medications two ways?

Option 1. Through the CVS Caremark mail order pharmacy Option 2. The Maintenance Choice® program.

Maintenance Choice gives you the option of picking up your 90-day maintenance prescriptions at a CVS retail pharmacy rather than receiving them through the mail.

Here’s how it works: After you receive your second fill of a 30-day supply of a Maintenance Medication prescribed by your doctor, you have the option to receive future 90-day supply refills through CVS Caremark mail order pharmacy or at a local CVS retail pharmacy.

Maintenance vs. Non-Maintenance

Maintenance drugs are prescription medication taken continuously to manage chronic or long-term conditions, such as high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, or high cholesterol, and when dosage adjustments are either no longer required or made infrequently.

Non-maintenance drugs include:

 Antibiotics that treat infection.  Drugs used for pain and/or acute medical conditions.  Drugs not taken chronically on an ongoing basis  Drugs that have a specified course of therapy.  Drugs that the physician must occasionally adjust the dose for a patient

Mail order or retail store pharmacy – the choice is yours!

Advantages of CVS Caremark mail Advantages of a CVS retail order pharmacy: pharmacy location:

Pick up your medications directly Convenient home delivery from the pharmacy at a time that is convenient for you.

Receive your medications in confidential, tamper resistant and Same-day prescription availability (when necessary) temperature- controlled packaging.

Have questions? Talk to a pharmacist Talk face to face with a pharmacist by phone.

Getting started with Maintenance Choice

If you would like to start using a CVS pharmacy and have the remaining refills at mail order transferred, you can do one of the following:

 Call customer care at 866-865-6590  Logging onto www.caremark.com  Have your physician call in a new script for a 90 day supply to your local CVS pharmacy