Generic Statins Now Fully Covered as a Preventive Drug December 7, 2017 Starting December 1, 2017, health plans are required to fully cover low-to-moderate generic Statins to prevent cardiovascular events. Anthem is updating its ACA preventive care coverage to include generic low-to-moderate dose statins due to the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation regarding Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults. The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) initiated the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate. The Pulse, November 2017 Effective Nov. 1, 2017, CVS Caremark added low to moderate dose statins to its standard coverage recommendation for Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive services. www.HealthCare.gov. New Consumer Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act . You may be eligible for some important preventive services at no additional cost to you. Low-dose generic statins will be provided for free by members’ health-care plans instead of the DC 37 prescription drug benefit. Too many Americans don’t get the preventive health care they need to stay Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. • The Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires that certain drugs be provided without cost to the member, such as Generic oral contraceptives and most recommended vaccinations. This coverage is effective for December 1, 2017. Read more below and at . To fill statin prescriptions, members ages 40 to 75 need to present their health insurance card when filling statin prescriptions … The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site.You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools, or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence. By GREGORY N. HEIRES. Lowering Your Cost for Preventive Services . Why are preventive services important? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! En español | The pool of people who might need to take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs will expand considerably under new guidelines announced by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).. This change meets a requirement of the Affordable Health Care Act and goes into effect July 1. (HTTP response code 503)If you think you have been blocked in error, contact the owner of this site for assistance.If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site, please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send". The CVS Caremark recommendation for statin coverage includes: men and women ages 40 through 75 years old The task force, a panel of independent health experts authorized by Congress, called for all people ages 40 to 75 to be screened to see if they need statins to help … 125 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10007. Your access to this service has been limited. Under the ACA, low-dose statins are free.Members outside of the 40-75 years age group will continue to be covered by the DC 37 prescription drug benefit.The low-cost statins include atorvastatin (10 mg tablet), fluvastatin ER (20 mg); fluvastatin sodium (20 mg) and fluvastatin sodium (40 mg); lovastatin (20 mg), lovastatin (40 mg) and lovastatin (80 mg); pravastatin sodium (10 mg), pravastatin sodium (20 mg), pravastatin sodium (40 mg) and pravastatin sodium (80 mg); rosuvastatin calcium (5 mg) and rosuvastatin calcium (10 mg), and simvastatin (5 mg), simvastatin (10 mg), simvastatin (20 mg), and simvastatin (40 mg).Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:© District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. Low-dose generic statins will be provided for free by members’ health-care plans instead of the DC 37 prescription drug benefit.This change meets a requirement of the Affordable Health Care Act and goes into effect July 1.To fill statin prescriptions, members ages 40 to 75 need to present their health insurance card when filling statin prescriptions at their pharmacy.