Mail delays expose pitfalls of prescription home delivery - Entrepreneur Generations

The recent delays with the U.S. Postal Service have exposed a pitfall with mail-order prescription drug plans: some people aren't getting their meds on time, Shelby Livingston reports for Modern Healthcare. Some health-insurance plans require patients to fill long-term medications by mail, and some rural residents may prefer that since they live far from pharmacies or lack transportation, Livingston reports.

"AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, a home delivery venture between Walgreens and PBM Prime Therapeutics, said prescriptions have taken longer to be delivered by the USPS since March, and the company is monitoring how those delays affect patients. In some cases, delivery has been significantly delayed by three or more days, a spokeswoman said," Livingston reports. "AllianceRx attributed the delays to the covid-19 pandemic, aircraft availability, significant network volume and the USPS elimination of overtime. It said it is evaluating soon-to-be-implemented postal rate increases and is looking at other mail delivery options if delays worsen. Alliance sends most prescriptions through the USPS, but also uses DHL E-Commerce to sort and enter shipments to the USPS, which helps speed up the process, it said."

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