Changing
Pharmacy
Lives Changing
™
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Who is PTRX? Simply put, we provide pharmacy benefits to employers and their plan members. But the way we provide those benefits offers you a dramatic departure from other Pharmacy Benefit Managers. At PTRX, our goal is to control pharmacy cost by educating and helping members move to lower cost therapies and lower cost pharmacies. Our staff of highly trained registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work directly with members and physicians to accomplish this goal. PTRX works with clients in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico.
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What can we do for you?
Who makes all that happen?
At PTRX, our unique approach improves your pharmacy benefit by:
The cornerstone to our program is our PTRX
• Reducing your plan costs
Patient Services Center. It’s staffed only with
• Reducing your employees’ prescription costs
licensed and certified pharmacists and pharmacy
• Increasing your employees’ wellness
technicians, most of whom are bilingual. They
• Increasing your employees’ plan satisfaction
manage all communication with members and their physicians. They start by proactively calling
How can we do that?
members to educate them on less expensive prescription alternatives and our $0 co-pay via
We are able to lower pharmacy spending by using our PTRX Patient
mail order feature. There is absolutely no penalty
Services Center to inform and help members convert to lower cost
to the patient if members don’t want to change.
prescription alternatives. It’s a simple people-to-people exchange that
And with the member’s permission, we contact
is part of our high-touch service and it has proven effective in driving
their physicians to
down costs. In addition, PTRX offers:
inform them of lower
• A simple no-formulary, open network of over 60,000 pharmacies
cost alternatives as
• A simple co-pay plan design
well. All prescription
• $0 co-pay on mail order generics
changes are made only with the physician’s approval.
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The Bottom Line Is:
Our People
Drive Down
Your People’s Costs.
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What kind of results do we get? Typically, PTRX clients’ generic utilization and mail order
PTRX Book of Business Compared to Market Averages:
rates average 20% higher than the industry, resulting in lower costs for the employer and member. Our track record also shows that: • 80% of patients allow us to contact their physicians.
10%
Generic Dispense Rate
• 90% of prescription interchanges are approved by physicians. • On average, our clients save $1,200 a year per prescription, and each member saves $360 a year per prescription.
50%
Mail Order Dispense Rate
• Medication compliance increases an average of 5+%.
8-10% (versus trend)
Total Rx Cost PMPM
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Will your members like PTRX? There’s no substitute for statements from satisfied customers. Here are just a few—and we have hundreds more.
“I’ve had a marvelous experience and am impressed with how polite and helpful you are. The mail order program has an excellent turnaround time, and the fact that you call me about saving me money is great.”
– N. Sneed, Las Vegas, NV
“In the first 10 seconds of my call, your customer service representative resolved an issue I had dealt with all day. She made my week and deserves a raise.”
– S. Schweidkardt, Mesa, AZ
“I have never desired to do the mail program for prescriptions, but it has been so easy and cheap, if not free, with PTRX. They did an incredible job of transferring my prescriptions from my retail pharmacies and mailing them to me in a timely manner. I have gone from a $60 monthly bill for three prescriptions to a $30. Love it!!”
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– J. Jackson, San Antonio, TX
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Will you like PTRX? Because we keep things simple and drive down the costs for both management and their employees, everyone comes away satisfied.
“Since our conversion to PTRX, generic drug use and mail order utilization are up. Zachry’s pharmacy costs have remained below national average.” – Deana Hansen, Compensation and Benefits, Zachry Construction Corporation “Any time you work with a population of retirees, it’s hard for them to adapt to change. But when we switched to PTRX last year, our members fell in love with the service. They really like that prescriptions are mailed to them at home, rather than going to a pharmacy and waiting to pick up their medication. They simply love the convenience.” – Cecilia Puga, Benefits Director, Fire and Police Retirees Fund of San Antonio “Hope you all have received your new pharmacy card thru PTRX. Wow, what a great benefit. I have made the change, and the folks at the pharmacy were incredible to work with! Received my shipment yesterday, and I will save $400 a year with this new benefit card. It is a great benefit, another reason why working at Baptist is the best!! Let me know if you need help, but I was so impressed at how smoothly the transition was!!!” – Donna Stevens, Director of Admissions, Baptist Health System
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If you want to know more about PTRX please feel free to contact us: Corporate Headquarters 4590 Lockhill Selma • San Antonio, TX 78249 P: 210-564-2220 • F: 210-564-2290 www.ptrx.com
PTRX Patient Services Center
Sales
SaveDirectRx Mail Order Pharmacy
877-4MY-PTRX • (877-469-7879)
210-564-2215
P.O. Box 696054 • San Antonio, TX 78269
help@ptrx.com
sales@ptrx.com
P: 888-637-5121 • F: 888-637-5191 www.savedirectrx.com
And remember:
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