Site provides educational components powered by OptumHealth and new features to help customers make informed health care choices
Cypress, Calif. –– Aug, 26, 2009 – Prescription Solutions, a leading pharmacy benefits management organization and a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, today announced the launch of its refreshed consumer website, www.PrescriptionSolutions.com, featuring enhanced functionality, updated content, and simplified navigation. The site makes prescription drug information more accessible and provides education customers need to make informed health care choices.
Once registered, customers can use the site to refill prescriptions, manage their account, review their benefits and order over-the-counter items and medical supplies. Jacqueline Kosecoff, PhD., chief executive officer of Prescription Solutions, said, "We have made a commitment to bring our customers a superior online experience in order to help them more readily access the information they need to leverage their health care dollars and make informed medication choices."
PrescriptionSolutions.com features a “dashboard” format unique to major PBMs which serves as a personalized home page for registered users. On a single screen, customers can find all of their relevant prescription and account information for simple and fast access. From the dashboard, customers can refill and renew their prescriptions, get account information, track order status and more. An integrated calendar helps customers plan their prescription refills and renewals, as well, and can be downloaded to personal calendars such as Microsoft Outlook®.
The new content and functionality added to the website - the result of input from focus groups, usability studies and customer interviews - includes a drug pricing tool that provides users with pricing information about drugs they currently take, or those for which they would like additional information. The real-time tool for Medicare Part D customers compares retail vs. mail order and brand vs. generic pricing, taking into account the Medicare Part D coverage gap.
In addition, customers can also quickly and easily access other valuable features, including drug lookup, a pharmacy locator, plus other educational resources from UnitedHealth Group’s health and wellness company OptumHealth, including a drug interaction calculator, a symptom checker, a disease and conditions tool and a drug guide. An Online Website Video Tour is available for viewing.
About Prescription Solutions
Prescription Solutions is an innovative pharmacy benefit management company managing the prescription drug benefit of commercial, Medicare and other governmental health plans, as well as those of employers and unions. A UnitedHealth Group company, Prescription Solutions serves members through a national network of 64,000 community pharmacies and state-of-the-art mail service pharmacies in Carlsbad, California, and Overland Park, Kansas, which have both earned the prestigious Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites® (VIPPS®) accreditation by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®). The company was recently named by WilsonRx® as the #1 National Top-Tier PBM, and #1 National Mail Order Pharmacy for customer satisfaction two years in a row. Prescription Solutions also won URAC's 2008 Best Practices for Consumer Empowerment and Protection Award in the PBM category. Additional information can be found at www.prescriptionsolutions.com.
About UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health and well-being company dedicated to making health care work better. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through six operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, OptumHealth, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions. Through its family of businesses, UnitedHealth Group serves more than 70 million individuals nationwide.