Announcements
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2008Important Notification concerning Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy Benefits
From the Vice President for Finance and Management
The Workers’ Compensation Board promulgated new regulations related to implementation of Workers’ Compensation reform legislation signed into law in March 2007. New York State has implemented a workers’ compensation pharmacy network for all government employees pursuant to the new regulation.
The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has entered into an agreement with Express Scripts Inc., a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), which has a network of pharmacies to make available the medications workers may receive for their work-related injury or sickness.This does not change an employee’s right to get the medication necessary to treat such an illness or injury. It only means that he or she should obtain that medication from Express Scripts network pharmacies.
Employees may obtain additional information about Express Scripts network pharmacies by:
- Calling the Express Scripts’ 24-hour Call Center at (866) 533-7011.
- Visiting www.express-scripts.com.
- Visiting the NYSIF Web site.
More information about Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy Benefits can be found on the Human Resource Management Web site.
