Important Pharmacy Information with the transitions to MHS Genesis
Request Refills in Advance
If your refill prescription is scheduled to run out in March or April 2023, consider requesting it early. Beginning February 25, 2023, you may request an early refill of non-controlled medications when you have used 50% or more of your current supply. Call our refill phone line at 1-800-377-1723 for assistance.
Activate New Prescriptions Before You Arrive
To activate your new prescription or renewal before you arrive at the pharmacy, text “Get in Line” to 1-833-429-5241
Alternatively, you can also email us at:
usn.annapolis.navhlthclinanmd.mbx.pharmacy-rx-activation@health.mil
Drug Take Back Program
Got drugs that you no longer take or need? It may be time to clean out your medicine cabinet.
NHC is participating in the Military Drug Take Back Program. Take back receptacles are installed at Hospital Point and Brigade Medical Unit. There is a drug take back drop box located in the Pharmacy lobby. The drop box can accept legal prescriptions and over-the-counter bottled pills, tablets and capsules, ointments, creams, lotions, powders and liquid medications that are no more than four ounces. Pet medications are also included in the program. A partial list of items that are not accepted for disposal within the box includes aerosol spray cans, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, needles, syringes, sharps containers, trash, mercury thermometers, batteries and chemicals. Naval Branch Health Clinic Earle offer returnable envelopes
For more information on MHS Drug Take Back efforts, visit
www.tricare.mil/drugtakeback.
Skip the Trip - Enroll in Home Delivery
The TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery is the least expensive way to fill prescriptions after military pharmacies. You can get up to a 90 day supply of your long term medications delivered to your residence. To find out if your medication is eligible for home delivery, go to Express-Scripts.com/TRICAREFormulary and enter your medication. Shipping is free and you can get up to a 90-day prescription supply for most drugs. You have three easy ways to register for Home Delivery.
Online
You can register online for each eligible family member. You'll have online access to your account, and general information on health and prescription drugs.
Phone
You can call 1-833-429-5241
Mail
You can download the mail order registration and mail to
Express Scripts, Inc.
P.O. Box 52150
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2150
Also include:
For more information on Home Delivery, Please refer to https://tricare.mil/CoveredServices/Pharmacy/FillPrescriptions/HomeDelivery.
New Prescriptions
Eligible beneficiaries: Please bring your hand-written prescriptions to NHC Annapolis for filling. We are able to fill up to a 90 day supply for most non-controlled medications and up to a 30 day supply for most controlled medications, if authorized by your provider. We are able to fill valid, written prescriptions following quantity restrictions and refill limitations as written by your provider. Please allow as 48 hours to process your maintenance prescriptions. Faxed, telephone-ordered, and photocopied prescriptions will not be accepted.
Electronic signatures on paper prescriptions are accepted only for non-controlled substances. Prescribed medications must be NCR-MD formulary items in order for us to fill them. NCR-MD formulary items may require one business day (non-controlled substances or schedules III-V controlled substances) or seven business days (schedule II controlled substances) to process.
The NHC Annapolis formulary can be found at NHC Annapolis Formulary. For these options, please review http://www.tricare.mil/Pharmacy. Express Scripts has other information available at https://www.express-scripts.com/TRICARE/index.shtml.
Electronic Prescriptions
NHC Annapolis is now able to accept electronic prescriptions sent directly from your provider’s office to the pharmacy. Please call us before you head to the pharmacy to ensure we have received the prescription from your provider’s office and allow us 48 hours to fill it. Calling us ahead of time allows us time to process the prescription ensuring that it is in stock and ready when you arrive at the pharmacy which decreases your waiting time. If you have further questions about how the electronic prescribing process works, please review our patient handout and provider handout.
Prescribed medications must be NCR-MD formulary items in order for us to fill them. NCR-MD formulary items may require two business days. The NHC Annapolis formulary can be found at NHC Annapolis Formulary. NHC Annapolis formulary items can be filled same day.
Transferred Prescriptions
Some prescription medications may be transferred from one pharmacy to another in order to allow the patient to pick up subsequent refills at a different pharmacy. To transfer a prescription to our pharmacy, contact our pharmacy at (410) 293-2406, option #3, and provide the following information: patient name, date of birth, originating pharmacy name and phone number, prescription number, name of medication, and requested pick-up time. Please allow our staff at least 2 business days to process your transfer request.
Federal law prohibits the transferring of schedule II controlled substances. Schedule III-V controlled substances can only be transferred once. Prescribed medications must be NCR-MD formulary items in order for us to fill them. NCR-MD formulary items may require one business day (non-controlled substances or schedules III-V controlled substances) or seven business days (schedule II controlled substances) to process. The NHC Annapolis formulary can be found at NHC Annapolis Formulary. NHC Annapolis formulary items can be filled same day.
Refilled Prescriptions
Refills on your medications can be requested through the Audio CARE system at (800) 377-1723 or through the MHS Genesis Patient Portal. Please have the prescription number and last four digits of the sponsor’s social security number available and choose the Annapolis site for pick up. Refills can be called in 7 days before your medication will run out. Please allow 3 business days from the date you call in your refill request to pick it up to ensure it is ready. We will no longer process WALK-IN REFILLS.
Prescription Pick-Up for another Beneficiary
To pick up a prescription for someone other than yourself you need:
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Patient’s valid U.S. Uniformed Services ID card/CAC, copy of the front and back of the patient’s ID card/CAC OR power of attorney.
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Know the specific medication OR type of medication that you are picking up.
US Family Health Plan Enrollees
Once you join the US Family Health Plan you cannot get your prescriptions filled at an MTF anymore. Why? The US Family Health Plan is the TRICARE PRIME option with only civilian provider and pharmacy networks. Rite Aid Pharmacy Services are part of the US Family Health Plan network and this is where you will get your medications filled. For assistance contact member services at 800-585-5883.
ID Cards for Children
Children aged 9 and under who are escorted by a parent or guardian with a valid military ID card can utilize NHC Annapolis Pharmacy services without having their own military ID card UNLESS: they are in the custody of a parent or guardian who is not eligible for TRICARE or they are in the custody of a parent who is not the custodial parent after a divorce. In these cases, the child will need their own military ID card to receive pharmacy services. All beneficiaries aged 10 or older need to have their own military ID card. For information regarding how to obtain a CAC card, please contact the DEERS office at 168 Bennion Rd. Room 218, Annapolis, MD 21402. The DEERS/ID card office can be reached by phone at (410) 293-5813/14.
TRICARE Formulary
The TRICARE Uniform Formulary (UF) is a list of brand name and generic drugs and supplies that TRICARE covers.
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