Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Parent Company to Acquire Indiana University Health Plans
Indiana University Health has entered into an agreement for Elevance Health to buy Indiana University Health Plans Medicare Advantage and Commercial at the end of 2024. Additional information is available in the press release.
If you are an IU Health Plans Medicare Advantage member, your plan coverage will remain unchanged for the rest of 2024. If you take no action, you will continue with the same plan next year. As the 2025 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period approaches, we will provide detailed information about your options, allowing you to explore them with your broker and choose the best fit for your needs.
If you have questions, please call 800.455.9776 (TTY/TDD 711) 8 am – 8 pm, Monday – Friday. Language assistance is available.
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If you are an IU Health Plans Commercial member, there will be no changes to your IU Health Plans healthcare coverage for the remainder of 2024. As we approach 2025, we will communicate any updates pertaining to your health plan.
If you have questions, please call 800.895.5828 (TTY/TDD 711) 7 am – 7 pm, Monday – Friday. Language assistance is available.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Parent Company to Acquire Indiana University Health Plans
Indiana University Health has entered into an agreement for Elevance Health to buy Indiana University Health Plans Medicare Advantage and Commercial at the end of 2024. Additional information is available in the press release.
If you are an IU Health Plans Medicare Advantage member, your plan coverage will remain unchanged for the rest of 2024. If you take no action, you will continue with the same plan next year. As the 2025 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period approaches, we will provide detailed information about your options, allowing you to explore them with your broker and choose the best fit for your needs.
If you have questions, please call 800.455.9776 (TTY/TDD 711) 8 am – 8 pm, Monday – Friday. Language assistance is available.
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If you are an IU Health Plans Commercial member, there will be no changes to your IU Health Plans healthcare coverage for the remainder of 2024. As we approach 2025, we will communicate any updates pertaining to your health plan.
If you have questions, please call 800.895.5828 (TTY/TDD 711) 7 am – 7 pm, Monday – Friday. Language assistance is available.
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Yes Maybe Later NeverA prescription drug formulary is a list of drugs a Medicare Advantage plan covers. The IU Health Plans (HMO and HMO POS) formulary includes thousands of brand-name and generic medications. Generic drugs have the same active-ingredient formula as a brand name drug. Generic drugs usually cost less than brand name drugs and are rated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be as safe and effective as brand name drugs. These drugs have been approved for coverage by the health plan and are also reviewed and approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that administers the Medicare Program. Some of the drugs that IU Health Plans (HMO and HMO POS) cover may require you to obtain prior approval.
For certain prescription drugs, IU Health Plans (HMO and HMO-POS) has additional requirements for coverage or limits on coverage. These requirements and limits ensure that members use these drugs in the most effective way and to control drug costs. A team of doctors and pharmacists developed these requirements and limits.
Examples of utilization management tools are described below:
You can find out if the drug you take is subject to these additional requirements or limits by looking in the Formulary. If your drug is subject to one of these additional restrictions or limits and your physician determines that you aren’t able to meet the additional restriction or limit for medical necessity reasons, you or your physician may request an exception (which is a type of coverage determination).
We conduct drug utilization reviews for our members to make sure that they are getting safe and appropriate medications. These reviews are especially important for members who go to more than one doctor and/or pharmacy for their medications. We conduct drug utilization reviews each time you fill a prescription and on a regular basis by reviewing our records.
If we identify a medication problem during our drug utilization review, we will work with you and your doctor to correct the problem.
Indiana University Health Plans is an HMO/HMO-POS with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in IU Health Plans Medicare depends on the plan’s contract renewal with Medicare.
IU Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. For language assistance call 800.455.9776 (TTY/TDD 711).
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Last updated 09.27.2024