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thanks so much, Mariam, I had given up on getting help. will show this to my neurologist what does POS stand for? From: Hironimus, Mariam Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 4:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Cc: Dory, Glenda ; Ongoco, Rebecca Subject: FW: Employee 107237 request for drug cost Good afternoon Ms. Brown, Benefits Administration received your email regarding your prescription drug coverage through Silver Script. Due to HIPPA regulations, Silver Script does not have an email address to be used by members with questions. You can email LAUSD at [log in to unmask] and we will assist with any questions or you can use the “chat” line. When using the chat line, please let them know that you need additional time to type and they will accommodate you. I verified with Silver Script for the medication you inquired about and found out that your copay remains at $50.00 with prior authorization. See information below from Silver Script. Please let me know if you have any other questions or need further assistance. Thank you, Mariam Hironimus Benefits Manager Division of Risk Management and Insurance Services 333 South Beaudry Avenue, 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 Phone: 213.241.4262 Fax: 213.241.3406 We would appreciate your feedback! Please click below to take our new Customer Service Survey. From: Rayilyn Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:17 AM To: Benefits Cc: Shirley S Knox; Ming-Jai Liu Subject: Employee 107237 request for drug cost Could someone please give me an email address for someone at SilverScript? Due to Parkinson’s disease I can’t speak well enough to call anyone to learn cost of a drug for when I am changed from Anthem Blue Cross EPO prescription plan to Medicare Part D plan administered by SilverScript on January 1, 2016. I am sure I must be “medicare eligible” as Medicare is my primary insurance and I earned it by working at secretarial jobs before and after teaching at LAUSD for 26 years. I understand the two plans are comparable in coverage. CVS quoted me $50 per month for Tasigna 150 mg under current Blue Cross plan. Tasigna or Nilotinib is a cancer drug recently found to be helpful to Parkinson’s patients, but it is very expensive. CVS could not quote SilverScript cost and told me to call them at 1-844-819-3075. I got on an online “Chat” with SilverScript and they quoted $8,701.01 per month for the drug, not comparable to $50.00. However, I was only able to ask “how much will Tasigna cost? Being disabled and barely able to use computer I couldn’t type fast enough to explain Medicare/CVS Specialty Pharmacy situation without being dumped’'. Please, please help me by giving me someone to email at SIlverScript. Their site contains nothing but phone numbers, no email addresses. $8,701.01 is not comparable to $50.00. Something is wrong here. Thank you. Rayilyn Brown Past Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn