Regence Helps Members Combat Rising Medication Costs Through New Pharmacy Services Web Site

Regence Helps Members Combat Rising Medication Costs Through New Pharmacy Services Web Site

New site provides consumers with innovative tools designed to help make better health care decisions

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The new year means a new look for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon's Pharmacy Services Web site. The state's largest health-insurance carrier has launched a Web site that is easier to navigate and provides members and their families with innovative tools to help them make better health care decisions.

The new site can be accessed via Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon's Web site at www.or.regence.com or at www.regencerx.com.

"This new site is part of our commitment to provide consumers with helpful, user-friendly tools that promote greater understanding of what drives health care costs, and simple steps that can be taken to help contain those costs," said David Clark, Vice President of Pharmacy Services.

To help educate consumers about the costs associated with the most commonly prescribed medications, Regence's new site features a tool called the RxPrice Guide. For example, when conducting a search for a commonly prescribed heartburn medication, the RxPrice Guide lists the cost of the particular medication, in addition to information about several alternatives. This enables consumers to become more informed about various options, and the costs associated with their choices.

A variety of helpful facts can be gleaned from the site's health calculators, including the cost of bad habits and the benefits of good choices. Consumers can calculate the hard dollar costs of smoking and estimate how long it takes to lose weight doing a favorite activity. The new site also includes information about generic medications, and the "ConsumerRx" education summaries cut through the "medical speak" to provide useful tips about medications.

About Regence

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon provides medical, dental and related coverage for about one million members in Oregon and in Clark County, Washington. It's part of the Regence Group, the largest affiliation of health plans in the northwest and intermountain states, collectively covering nearly three million people. The Regence Group and its affiliates are not-for-profit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Nearly one in three Americans has health care coverage through Blue Plans. For more information, visit www.or.regence.com.


Source: Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon

CONTACT: Angela Hult of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon,
+1-503-412-7902 or aehult@regence.com

Web site: http://www.or.regence.com/


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