WSPC is pleased to offer members a Medicare prescription drug plan comparison tool that provides outstanding technology and marketing tools to facilitate senior drug plan options. Community pharmacists are ideally suited to help beneficiaries understand Medicare drug plan options and select the one that best meets their needs.
The iMedicare platform integrates with every pharmacy system, so pharmacies can identify patients eligible to choose a Medicare plan and rapidly generate a customized report. iMedicare includes medications a patient may fill at another pharmacy.
iMedicare is currently available in over 4,000 pharmacies nationwide. By the end of 2015, iMedicare expects to enable 5,000 pharmacies in all US states and territories to help 150,000 seniors save more than $138 million on Medicare plans.
“Before iMedicare, choosing Medicare insurance was extremely difficult, because it required manually inputting all patients’ current medications,” said Flaviu Simihaian, chief executive officer, iMedicare. “Now iMedicare has the ability to securely import patients’ information in a matter of seconds.”
The technology is compatible with major pharmacy software systems, including Rx30, QS/1, Computer-Rx and FrameworkLT. iMedicare personalizes the Medicare plan selection process based on the seniors’ current drug list.
“In our pharmacy, advertising iMedicare is a successful tool for communicating with current patients and attracting new seniors thinking of transferring to our pharmacy,” said Vince Cardinale, RPh, owner, Ordway Pharmacy, Monterey, CA.
“We advertise the service in the newspaper and create and distribute handouts in the store,” noted Cardinale. “iMedicare provides the opportunity to check patients’ Medicare plans and determine the best plan for them. In my opinion, iMedicare is a great way to increase business and retain pleased patients.”
To read comments from pharmacists who use iMedicare, go to: https://imedicare.com/#/customers
iMedicare is available to WSPC members at a discounted rate. For more information, access
www.iMedicare.com, call iMedicare at 1-704-769-0540, or contact WSPC at 1-844-WSPC-4YU.
iMedicare Benefits
- Compares Medicare plans.
- Instantly imports all medications for your patients from the pharmacy computer system. • View preferred plans for your pharmacy and plans that motivate patients towards chains or mail-order programs.
- Increase Part D Plan reimbursements by thousands of dollars and calculate those “clawback” DIR fees. 2016 DIR fees included.
- Explore therapeutic alternatives, including coverage tiers and copayments and reimbursement.
- Cease calling insurance companies to check patients’ coverage.
- Increase revenue and improve pharmacy star-ratings by identifying which patients can benefit from actionable interventions.
- Generate customized letters to physicians regarding patient therapy changes.
- Identify patients approaching age 65. Help these seniors navigate Medicare Part D before they sign up with preferred networks.
- View plans in your network and plans in which your pharmacy is preferred.
- Identify Medicare plans reported to send letters or make phone calls to your patients to change to other pharmacies or switch to mail-order coverage.
- Enjoy win-win opportunities to save patients an average of $1,150 yearly.
- Prosper as patients become YOUR community pharmacy advocates and spread the word about the great service YOUR pharmacy offers.
