Compare Your Pharmacy Options

If you enroll in the Parkland Employee Health Plan (PEHP) — either the PPO or HDHP, you automatically receive prescription drug benefits through the Cigna Pharmacy Network in 2024.

How are pharmacy benefits in the PPO and HDHP alike?

With both the PPO and the HDHP, where you can fill your prescription depends on the tier of the provider who writes it. See below for details.
What you pay depends on the drug category: generic, preferred brand-name or non-preferred brand name. See below for details.
To save money, you can order maintenance drugs you take for an ongoing condition through the Parkland mail-order pharmacy, Cigna home delivery or a Cigna retail pharmacy.

How are pharmacy benefits in the PPO and HDHP different?

PPO

You don’t need to meet the medical deductible before the plan begins paying pharmacy benefits.
You pay copays and coinsurance.

HDHP

You pay the full cost for prescriptions until you meet your medical deductible (except for certain preventive drugs).
After you meet the medical deductible, you pay copays and coinsurance.

Filling Prescriptions

Where you can fill your prescription depends on the type of provider who writes it. For prescriptions written by a Tier 1 provider at a Parkland facility (including Parkland Health providers and UTSW providers with Parkland privileges who see you at a Parkland facility), pharmacies include Anderson, Moody Outpatient Clinic, certain Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) pharmacies or a retail pharmacy in the Cigna Pharmacy Network. Prescriptions written by a Children’s Medical Center provider must be filled at a retail pharmacy in the Cigna Pharmacy Network. Cigna network pharmacies include most major pharmacies, such as Walgreens and CVS. Pharmacies at Kroger and Sam’s Club are not Cigna network pharmacies.

	Anderson, Moody, Certain COPC Pharmacies¹ or Parkland Mail Order	Retail Pharmacies in Cigna Pharmacy Network or Cigna Pharmacy Mail‑Order Service
Tier of Provider Writing Prescription
Tier 1 Parkland provider at a Parkland facility	Yes	Yes
Tier 2 provider in the Cigna Pharmacy Network and Children's Medical Center providers	No	Yes
Tier 3 out-of-network provider	No	Yes

¹ You may fill regular prescriptions at the C.V. Roman (formerly RedBird) Health Center Pharmacy, 3560 W. Camp Wisdom in Dallas. However, you may not fill mail-order prescriptions at this location.

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Generic and Brand-Name Drugs

The pharmacy program divides medications into three categories:

Generic — These drugs contain the same active ingredients and are subject to the same standards as brand-name drugs with respect to quality, strength and purity. Using a generic drug offers the lowest-cost option, regardless of where you fill your prescription. To save money, ask your doctor to prescribe a generic if available. Generics can cost 25% to 75% less than brand-name drugs yet are equally as effective.

Preferred brand-name — This category includes brand-name drugs with no generic equivalent that are included on the Cigna National Preferred Prescription Drug List (also called a formulary). This list includes medications that are proven to be safe and effective.

Non-preferred brand name — This category includes brand-name drugs that have generic equivalents or another brand-name option on the Cigna National Preferred Prescription Drug List. You will pay more money to fill a prescription from the list. You and your doctor may decide that a medication in this category is best for you.

Your 2024 Biweekly Benefit Deductions

Your costs for pharmacy coverage are included in your medical biweekly benefit deductions. See the Medical section for your rates.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Will I receive a separate prescription drug ID card?

No. You’ll receive one ID card that includes both medical and pharmacy information.

What if I (or a dependent) am eligible or will become eligible for Medicare?

If you or your dependents have Medicare or will become eligible for Medicare in the next 12 months, a federal law provides prescription drug coverage through Medicare Part D. For more details, see the Creditable Coverage Notice for the PPO and HDHP in the Legal Notices section (under Required Notices > Annual Notices).

Compare Your Pharmacy Options

See how your prescription drug benefits compare under the PPO and HDHP.

PPO

With the PPO, you pay copays or coinsurance for prescriptions.

HDHP With HSA

With the HDHP with HSA, you pay the full cost for prescriptions until you meet the medical deductible. After you meet the medical deductible, you pay copays or coinsurance for prescriptions.