Specialty pharmacy

BCBSKS Preferred Specialty Pharmacies

  • Accredo
  • Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy

BCBSKS is proud to introduce you to the Specialty Pharmacy Program. This program benefits members with conditions requiring specialty medications. Specialty medications generally meet one or more of the following characteristics:

  • High cost due to treatment of complex conditions
  • Self-injected, inhaled or taken orally
  • Special handling or storage
  • Strict compliance and patient support
  • Additional education and support required from a health care professional
  • Usually not stocked at retail pharmacies
  • May only be available through limited distribution arrangements

See most current list of specialty medications.

* Your prescription drug benefit may require you to use Accredo or Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy to be eligible for benefits. If you have questions about your specialty pharmacy benefit, please call the phone number on your identification card.

To order through our Specialty Pharmacies:

The process can be started by either you or your provider. You can enroll and learn more at:

Getting Started | Accredo by Evernorth
OR
Specialty Pharmacy for Patients | Prime Therapeutics - Prime Therapeutics - Portal

Once you are enrolled, the provider will send the prescription to the designated pharmacy. You will be contacted by a care advocate to set up the free delivery and answer any questions you may have.

Accredo and Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy have health care experts available 24/7 to assist members and providers. For convenience, members can request refills through their patient portal and learn more about their medication and the condition it is treating.

Accredo contact information:
Phone (833) 721-1620
Fax (888) 302-1028
Address: P.O. Box 954041, St Louis, MO 63195

Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy contact information:
Phone (866) 554-2673
Fax (866) 364-2673
Address: P.O. Box 621988, Orlando, FL 32862.

BCBSKS will notify members who have conditions treated with specialty medications about the Specialty Pharmacy Program. Our goal is to help our members get the best results from their prescribed medication therapy. Improving compliance will result in better treatment outcomes and reduce overall health care costs.

Expanded Specialty Pharmacy Options for Fertility Drugs

Accredo pharmacy does not dispense fertility drugs, but instead Freedom Fertility, an Express Scripts fertility pharmacy which focuses exclusively in fertility treatment. If your benefits include mandatory specialty pharmacy and you need to obtain a specialty fertility drug, the prescription should be sent to Freedom Fertility.

Freedom Fertility Pharmacy contact information:

Specialty Hemophilia Medications

Your prescription drug benefit may require you to obtain specialty hemophilia medications through your pharmacy benefit. This applies to members who use the ResultsRx formulary, as well as groups who opt into this benefit design. If you have questions about your specialty pharmacy benefit, as it pertains to hemophilia drugs, please call the phone number on your identification card.

In addition to Accredo, specialty hemophilia medications may be obtained through the following providers, subject to the same in-network benefits as when filled at Accredo:

Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas has partnered with CivicaScript to bring our members low cost medications. Your prescription drug benefit may require you to obtain Abiraterone through Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy.

Prime Therapeutics Specialty Pharmacy contact information: