2021 Aetna Standard Plan

2021 Aetna Standard Plan

Plan for your best health 2020 Aetna Pharmacy Drug Guide Aetna Standard Plan Aetna.com Health benefits and health insurance plans are offered, administered and/or underwritten by Aetna Health Inc., Aetna Health Insurance Company of New York, Aetna HealthAssurance Pennsylvania Inc., Aetna Health Insurance Company and/or Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna). In Florida, by Aetna Health Inc. and/or Aetna Life Insurance Company. In Utah and Wyoming by Aetna Health of Utah Inc. and Aetna Life Insurance Company. In Maryland, by Aetna Health Inc., 151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06156. Each insurer has sole financial responsibility for its own products. 2021 Pharmacy Drug Guide - Aetna Standard Plan Table of Contents INFORMATIONAL SECTION..................................................................................................................4 ANALGESICS - DRUGS TO TREAT PAIN AND INFLAMMATION.................................................14 ANESTHETICS - DRUGS FOR NUMBING.......................................................................................... 24 ANTI-INFECTIVES - DRUGS TO TREAT INFECTIONS....................................................................25 ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS - DRUGS TO TREAT CANCER.......................................................... 38 CARDIOVASCULAR - DRUGS TO TREAT HEART AND CIRCULATION CONDITIONS...........47 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - DRUGS TO TREAT NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS............61 ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC - DRUGS TO TREAT DIABETES AND REGULATE HORMONES............................................................................................................................................. 88 GASTROINTESTINAL - DRUGS TO TREAT STOMACH AND INTESTINAL DISORDERS.......121 GENITOURINARY - DRUGS TO TREAT GENITAL AND URINARY TRACT CONDITIONS...129 HEMATOLOGIC - DRUGS TO TREAT BLOOD DISORDERS......................................................... 133 IMMUNOLOGIC AGENTS - DRUGS TO TREAT DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.....144 MEDICAL DEVICES.............................................................................................................................. 153 NUTRITIONAL/SUPPLEMENTS - VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS............................................202 OPHTHALMIC - DRUGS TO TREAT EYE CONDITIONS................................................................215 OTHER.....................................................................................................................................................221 RESPIRATORY - DRUGS TO TREAT BREATHING DISORDERS................................................. 222 TOPICAL - DRUGS TO TREAT EAR AND SKIN CONDITIONS.....................................................231 TOC-3 How to use this guide Your guide includes a list of commonly used drugs covered on your pharmacy plan. The amount you pay depends on the drug your doctor prescribes. It’s either a flat fee or a percentage of the prescription’s price after you meet your deductible, if applicable. Preferred generic drugs cost less. Preferred brand drugs will have a higher cost. Your plan includes You’re covered for all types of medicine — some more expensive, and some less. • Brand and generic drugs that are hand-picked for their quality and effectiveness • Generic: the lowest cost • A specialty pharmacy that fills specialty prescriptions • Preferred brand: a slightly higher cost (ones that are injected, infused or taken by mouth) — • Non-preferred brand: a higher cost and provides services that include personal • Preferred Specialty: lower cost for specialty drugs support, helpful resources and training, and free secure home delivery • Non-preferred Specialty: higher cost for non-preferred specialty drugs • A home delivery pharmacy that delivers maintenance drugs to your home or wherever Your pharmacy plan may not have all the coverage levels you choose (for drugs that are taken regularly to listed above so check your plan documents to see how treat conditions like diabetes or asthma) much you will pay. What you can expect to pay For your exact coverage and cost, and to learn more about your plan With your pharmacy plan, the amount you pay depends on the drug your doctor prescribes. It’s either a flat fee or Visit the website that’s on your member ID card. a percentage of the drug’s/medicine’s price. Then log in to your account, where you can: Each drug is grouped as a generic, a brand or a • Find out the coverage* and estimate of cost for specialty drug. The preferred drugs within these specific drugs groups will generally save you money compared • View your deductibles and plan limits to a non-preferred drug. Typically, generic drugs • Order medications are less expensive than brands. • Check your pharmacy order status Specialty prescription drugs typically include higher-cost • Get a member ID card drugs that require special handling, special storage or • View your claims, Explanation of Benefits and more. monitoring. These types of drugs may include, but are not limited to, drugs that are injected, infused, inhaled or taken by mouth. * Check your plan documents for coverage information. Your plan may not cover certain drugs such as infertility, erectile dysfunction, weight loss and smoking cessation. 1 Have more questions about your CVS Caremark Mail Service Pharmacy™ pharmacy benefits? You can have maintenance drugs sent right to your home We’re here to help. There are several ways you can or anywhere else you choose by CVS Caremark Mail learn more about your benefits: Service Pharmacy. These are drugs that are taken regularly for chronic conditions like diabetes or asthma. • Check your Plan Design and Benefits Summary in Depending on your plan, you can get up to a 90-day your enrollment kit. supply of medicine for less cost. It’s fast and convenient, • Call the toll-free number on your member ID card. and standard shipping is always free. • Review our pharmacy frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers. Just visit the website that’s on Get started right away your member ID card to search for the “Pharmacy FAQ.” You can submit your order using one of these options: Specialty Pharmacy Network 1. Online — Visit your secure member website and An in-network specialty pharmacy can fill your sign in to your account. There you can add or prescriptions for specialty drugs. These are the types remove your prescriptions. of drugs that may be injected, infused or taken by mouth. 2. Phone — Call us toll-free, 24/7 at 1-888-792-3862. They often need special storage and handling. And they If you need the help of a telephone device for the need to be delivered quickly. A nurse or pharmacist may hard of hearing, call 1-877-833-2779. monitor you during your treatment, if needed. With this type of pharmacy, you can get 3. Mail — Get a new prescription from your doctor. Then this medicine sent right to your home. mail it to us with a completed order form. You can find the form on your secure member website. The mailing address is on the form. How to get started with a specialty pharmacy Ordering your prescriptions through our specialty Your doctor can submit your order using one of pharmacy is easy. And we typically offer a 30-day these options: medicine supply. 1. Online — They can submit your prescriptions using • To transfer your prescription, just call us toll-free the e-prescribe services on our provider website. at 1-866-353-1892. 2. Fax — They can fax your prescription to • For a new prescription, your doctor can send it to 1-877-270-3317. Make sure they include your member us in one of four ways: ID number, date of birth and mailing address on the 1. Electronically: Through e-prescribe fax cover sheet. Only a doctor may fax a prescription. 2. Fax: 1-800-323-2445 3. Phone: 1-800-237-2767 If you mail in your own prescription, please send it with a completed Patient Profile Form. To find this form, just visit the website that’s on your member ID card, to search for the “Patient Profile Form.” 2 Frequently asked questions How can I save on prescriptions? What is step therapy? Here are some tips to pay less out of pocket for your Some drugs require step therapy. This means that prescription drugs: you must try one or more prerequisite drug(s) before a step therapy drug is covered. • Ask your doctor to consider prescribing drugs that are on the Pharmacy Drug Guide (formulary). The prerequisite drugs have U.S. Food and Drug • Ask your doctor to consider prescribing generic Administration (FDA) approval and may cost less. They drugs instead of brand-name drugs. treat the same condition as the step therapy drug. • Our home delivery pharmacy may save you money. If you don’t try the appropriate prerequisite drug first, you For more information, visit the website on your may need to pay full cost for the step-therapy drug. member ID card and log in to your account. What are quantity limits? What are generic drugs? Quantity limits help your doctor and pharmacist make Generic drugs are proven to be just as safe and effective sure that you use your drug correctly and safely. We use as brand-name drugs. They contain the same active medical guidelines and FDA-approved recommendations ingredients in the same amounts as the brand-name from drug makers to set these coverage limits. The drugs and work the same way. So they have the same quantity limit program includes: risks and benefits as brand-name drugs. However, they • Dose efficiency edits — Limits prescription coverage typically cost less. to one dose per day for drugs that have approval for When appropriate, your doctor

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