Mail-order medications are often less expensive. Mail-order pharmacies operate through your health plan, meaning that your insurer can buy medications in large quantities directly from drug manufacturers to lower costs. Mail-order prescriptions usually contain a 90-day bulk supply, which can save you money.

How do you pay for mail order prescriptions?

You can sign up for mail order by sending in your insurer’s mail order form with your prescription, or having your doctor phone or fax it in. You can usually submit refills online, over the phone or through a mobile app.

What is a pharmacy buying group?

Our retail pharmacy buying groups negotiate discounts and competitive prices from manufacturers, vendors and suppliers on behalf of independent retail pharmacies. Maximize the value of your drug and merchandising purchases by tapping into the power of our buying groups.

What are buy and Bill drugs?

Buy-and-bill is a process for physician offices to acquire medications that providers can administer in the office. The “buy” part refers to providers who are responsible for ordering and purchasing the drug. The “bill” part refers to providers billing directly to third-party payers for reimbursement.

What is Health Mart Atlas?

Health Mart Atlas consolidates your reimbursements from multiple managed care plans and sends 100% of the dollars to you in easy-to-track payments. The Health Mart Atlas onboarding process ensures Health Mart Atlas pharmacies’ managed care contracts are up and running when they are.

How are drugs billed?

After the patient receives the drug and any other medical care, the provider submits a claim for reimbursement to a third-party payer. The process is called buy-and-bill because the medical claim is submitted (billed) after the provider purchases (buys) and administers the drug.

What is white bagging vs buy-and-Bill?

An example is “white bagging,” in which a prescription is filled by a third-party specialty pharmacy and then administered by the provider without the provider taking ownership. With buy-and-bill, the provider’s in-house pharmacy often fills the prescription from stored supply or through normal ordering.

Can I get a 90-day prescription for Adderall?

A patient should have no issues approaching their physician with the request, though authorization for the length of prescription supply may vary according to state law. Still, a 90-day supply is widely accepted, and the process can even be expedited if the physician has an electronic submission setup.