Aetna and Anthem will provide the following medical specialty medication programs to plan members:

If you receive certain specialty drugs at an outpatient hospital facility, you may receive a letter from Aetna or Anthem about utilizing a lower level of care which meets your needs. This would include receiving your infusion in the office setting, an infusion center, or in the comfort of your home through a home infusion provider. If this affects you, Aetna or Anthem will work with you to transition your care to one of these settings, or call your Citi Health Concierge at the number on your medical ID card to learn more.

Precertification is required for certain Medically Administered Specialty Drugs to help make sure proper use and guidelines for these drugs are followed. Your provider will submit clinical information which will be reviewed for decision. Aetna or Anthem will give the results of the decision to both you and your provider by letter.

For a list of Medically Administered Specialty Drugs that need precertification, please contact Aetna or Anthem at the number on your medical ID card. The precertification list is reviewed and updated from time to time. Including a Specialty Drug on the list does not guarantee coverage under your Plan. Your provider may check with Aetna or Anthem to verify Specialty Drug coverage, to find out which drugs are covered and if precertification is required.

If you are receiving an infused medication, certain medications may require use of the lowest cost site of care.

Aetna's Site of Care program and Anthem's Right Drug Right Channel program target self-administered specialty drugs that can be best managed through the pharmacy benefit program rather than through the medical plan. If you are currently receiving a specialty drug which is on the drug list for this program through your medical benefit, you will need to get the drug through your pharmacy benefit.

If the drug you take is given as an injection, you will need to give the drug(s) to yourself and it will now be provided through your pharmacy benefit program. Your doctor or nurse can teach you or a caregiver how to give the injection. You can also ask your doctor to call the Provider Services number on your medical ID card and find out if a nurse can train you at home.