Pharmacy Plan
The University of Alaska partners with Premera to provide Å®Óźϼ¯ employees with a pharmacy plan. Each medical plan (Premium, Copay, and HDHP) as a corresponding pharmacy plan. There is no additional enrollment or biweekly premium to access the pharmacy plans.
Pharmacy Plan Enrollment
Eligible if meet the hours worked requirement
- Benefit-eligible employees working a minimum of 20 hours per week
- Temporary employees who meet the hours worked requirement (check with or visit the temporary employee webpage)
- Eligible if enrolled in same plan as the employee
- Review our dependent page for more information
- Review the new employee webpage
- 30 day deadline from hire date to enroll or opt out
- If no form submitted, defaulted into Copay medical, Basic dental, and vision for employee-only coverage
- Review the qualifying life events page
- 30 day deadline from life event (60 days for birth or adoption)
- Late forms not accepted
- Check with
- Visit the temporary employee webpage
- Submit form by 5:00pm on the Thursday prior to the end of their first pay period
- If submitted later but within the 30 day requirement, coverage begins on the first day of the pay period the form is submitted
- Submit form on or before the day of the event
- If submitted after the day of the event but within the 30 day requirement (60 for birth/adoption), coverage begins on the day the forms is submitted
- End of the pay period in which an employee (1) separates from the University or (2) ends coverage due to a life event
- Review our life event or offboarding page for more information
- Review our Arrears FAQ page for more information
- Employees can view arrears balance at any time on > "Employee Dashboard" > "Arrears Balance" (located on the right side under the blue
timesheet button).
1-866-486-8242 | assist@touchcare.com | TouchCare webpage
- Comparing Å®Óźϼ¯ medical plans for the best option medically/financially
- Price comparisons for services (like an x-ray)
- Assistance with medical billing - general questions on bills, advocacy with Premera on incorrect bills, etc.
1-800-722-1471 | Sign into and send a secure email
- Issues logging into Premera Portal
- Confirm prior authorizations
- Medical travel
1-800-877-7195
- Issues logging into the VSP portal
- Confirm prior authorizations
- Print VSP card
Accredo (owned by ExpressScripts) | 1-800-689-6592
SaveonSP | 1-800-683-1074
- Specialty Medications
- ua-benefits@alaska.edu
- (907) 450-8242
- Meet with Us
Pharmacy Plans: Included with medical plan
Included in the Premium medical plan.
- Individual: $1,000
- Family: $1,700
- $0 Generic Preventive
- $10 Preferred Generic
- $30 Preferred Brand Name
- $100 Specialty
- 30% Non-preferred
Not covered
- $0 Generic Preventive
- $20 Preferred Generic
- $60 Preferred Brand Name
- $110 Specialty
- 100% Non-preferred
Not covered
Included in the Copay medical plan.
- Individual: $1,000
- Family: $1,700
- $0 Generic Preventive
- $10 Preferred Generic
- $30 Preferred Brand Name
- $100 Specialty
- 30% Non-preferred
Not covered
- $0 Generic Preventive
- $20 Preferred Generic
- $60 Preferred Brand Name
- $110 Specialty
- 100% Non-preferred
Not covered
Included in the HDHP .
Pharmacy charges on the HDHP are included in the medical deductible and the medical out of pocket maximums.
- Pharmacy charges are the responsibility of the member until the medical deductible is met
- Once the medical deductible is met, the member will then pay a 20% cost share of the medications until the medical out of pocket maximum is met
Not covered
- Pharmacy charges are the responsibility of the member until the medical deductible is met
- Once the medical deductible is met, the member will then pay a 20% cost share of the medications until the medical out of pocket maximum is met
Not covered
Included with medical premiums
There are no additional premiums for the pharmacy plan. Employees are automatically enrolled in the pharmacy plan that corresponds to their medical plan enrollment.
Pharmacy Plan Details
All plans
- Covered at no cost to the member
- List of Preventive Prescriptions (PV Core Plus)
- For more information on alternatives prescriptions for non-preferred or excluded drugs, please visit .
- Maintenance medications can be filled at a retail pharmacy two times.
- After this, brand name maintenance medications must be ordered through the mail-order
pharmacy.
- If a retail pharmacy is used instead, the regular copay will be doubled for a 30 day supply. Find out which medications make the list of List of Maintenance Medications and view the List of Maintenance Medication Exemptions to find exceptions.
Premera partners with ExpressScripts for mail-order prescriptions.
- Starting June 15, 2025, employees who are receiving a GLP1 injectable medication will have the prescription transferred to, and dispensed from, EnGuide Pharmacy.
- Members impacted have been notified via a letter from Premera.
- There is nothing a member needs to do to transfer the prescription.
- No other prescriptions are affected. All other prescriptions will continue to be mailed from ExpressScripts.
- Log into the and click on "prescriptions" in the tool bar at the top and "manage prescriptions" in the drop down.
- On the next page under "ExpressScripts" click on the link "order and refill" and follow the directions to change prescriptions to mail order.
Specialty medications are usually self-injected medications that are used to treat complex or rare conditions such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, or hepatitis C.
All specialty medications must be dispensed from the specialty pharmacy, Accredo Health
Group.
- Premium and Copay medical plans have a $100 copay for up to a 30 days supply.
- The HDHP does not have a copay but medications are subject to the deductible.
- You can use your health care FSA or HSA funds to pay for these copays.
- A 30 day supply is the maximum amount that can be dispensed at one time.
- SavonSP is an ExpressScripts’ program.
- Helps members save money on certain specialty medications.
- Participation in the program is voluntary.
- If participating, SaveonSP will monitor the account to ensure employees have no cost.
These coupons are available on the Premium and Copay Plans. They are not available
on the HDHP.
Prescriptions will still be filled through Accredo, the existing specialty mail pharmacy.
If participating in this program, the copay will be covered under SaveonSP for the
specialty medications that are included in the program. This will result in no out-of-pocket
costs to participants.
- Call SaveonSP at 1-800-683-1074 prior to filling a specialty prescription.
- The program cannot be retroactively applied to a previously filled prescription.
- If not to participating, SaveonSP will not be able to monitor the account and employees will be responsible for the copay.
- The prescription drugs included in the SaveonSP program are classified as Non-Essential Health Benefits under the Affordable Care Act.
- Payments on prescriptions in the SavonSP program will not apply toward out of pocket costs.
- The medications and associated copays included in this program are subject to plan clinical rules and subject to change.
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