Managing your medications with ease

Taking medications exactly as prescribed is one of the best ways to prevent complications — especially for conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol. But it’s easy to miss doses when your schedule gets busy, or your prescriptions change.  

Forgetfulness is a common reason you might miss a dose now and then. But it’s not the only one.  Others include side effects and cost. But cost should never prevent you from filling a prescription.  

Your plan has ways to help you save on prescriptions and tools to simplify the process of finding nearby pharmacies, comparing drug prices and knowing which are covered by your plan, and making sure you have enough of your prescription meds on hand this winter. 

Below are some tips, tricks, and tools for managing your meds without the headaches. 

Ways to remember 

While forgetfulness may be an occasional reality, it’s not an excuse to miss a dose of prescription medication — especially since there are ways to stay on top of which meds to take and how often. Here are just a few of our favorites: 

Pill organizers: Whoever invented the oblong pill holders with different days of the week on each compartment knew how forgetful we can be. Setting aside some time to fill your weekly organizers can save you the stress of having to remember when to take your meds and which ones to take. 

Calendar reminders: Whether you set daily or weekly ones on a digital calendar or prefer writing them on a paper one, reminders are effective or medication adherence. 

Synching refills: If you can synchronize your refills so that you don’t have to make numerous trips to the pharmacy each month, this might also help you remember to take your medications. 

Your pharmacist may even be able to provide you with a list of what time of day to take each medication, how often (once or twice a day or more), and whether to take them before or after a meal or with food. 

Extended day-supplies: Making fewer trips to the pharmacy means taking your prescriptions is much easier. (It also saves you from having to bundle up when the weather gets nasty.) Ask your doctor about prescribing an extended day supply. 

Helpful tools, from your plan 

As an IBX Medicare member, you have access to online tools that can make finding nearby pharmacies and comparing drug prices a breeze. Check out a few of the many tools at your disposal below.

Use the Real-Time Benefit Tool at ibxmedicare.com/pharmacyfinder

Need a pharmacy? Our Find a Pharmacy tool shows you what's nearby and in-network. 

You can also go here to check the cost of a drug with our pricing and coverage tool, which lets you: 

• Compare drug prices to see if we cover less expensive drugs that could treat the same condition. 
• See how much a drug will cost at various pharmacy locations, and where you can get the best price. 

Search your plan’s Drug List. Our prescription drug lookup tool provides information, including the following: 

• What tier the drug is on 
• If it’s not covered by your plan (non-formulary) 
• If we restrict your coverage of the drug (i.e., with step therapy, you must try another drug before we will cover the one you’re searching for) 
• If the drug requires prior authorization (i.e., you need approval from us before we will cover the drug) 
• If there are quantity limits (i.e., we restrict how many doses of the drug we cover) 

Order your prescriptions through the mail. OptumRx® Home Delivery offers a convenient way to get your prescriptions! Sign up for mail order and have your medications shipped right to your door. Get started at ibxmedicare.com/mailorder or by calling 1-888-678-7015 (TTY/TDD: 711), seven days a week, 24 hours a day. 

Independence Blue Cross offers PPO, HMO-POS, and HMO Medicare Advantage plans with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in Independence Blue Cross PPO, HMO-POS, and HMO Medicare Advantage plans depends on contract renewal. 

OptumRx is an Optum® company — an independent company that provides home delivery, specialty, and infusion pharmacy services. 

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Website last updated: 10/05/26