Central California Alliance for Health | Living Healthy | December 2021

As of Jan. 1, 2022, your prescriptions that are filled at a pharmacy are now covered by Medi-Cal Rx, not the Alliance. Medi- Cal Rx is a new program provided by the Department of Health Care Services to help you with your pharmacy needs. When filling a prescription at the pharmacy, you will need to present your Medi-Cal Benefits Identification Card (BIC). You should have received your BIC when you first became a Medi-Cal member. If you did not receive your card or it is lost or stolen, you may ask for a replacement BIC for free. Please contact your local county Medi-Cal office. ■ Merced County Human Services Agency 209-385-3000 ■ Monterey County Department of Social Services 877-410-8823 ■ Santa Cruz County Human Services Department 888-421-8080 If you have questions about your pharmacy benefits, need help finding a pharmacy or are not happy with the services Medi-Cal Rx provides and would like to file a complaint, call Medi-Cal Rx at 800-977-2273 (TTY: Dial 7-1-1 ) or go to Medi-CalRx.dhcs.ca.gov . They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additional information about Medi-Cal Rx is available on our website at www.thealliance.health/medi-calrx . MEDI-CAL Rx Important update for your Medi-Cal prescription drug benefit Additions to formulary Note: the following additions to the formulary are only for IHSS members. Naloxone is carved out to state Medi-Cal for non-IHSS members. ■ Narcan (naloxone 4 mg nasal spray) ■ Kloxxado (naloxone 8 mg nasal spray) ■ Naloxone carpuject (cartridge-type syringe) ■ Naloxone syringe Alliance drug formulary changes third quarter 2021 Effective Sept. 1, 2021 7 Living Healthy