prescription drug plan

1. September 16, 2024

   Open Enrollment 2025 has new names, same benefits

   Two vendors that administer U-M benefits plans are changing their names during Open Enrollment 2025, although the benefit plans will remain the same.

2. January 20, 2022

   Human Resources updates information about free COVID-19 tests

   As questions have arisen about U-M’s plan to provide at-home rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, University Human Resources has updated and expanded its information about the program.

3. January 15, 2022

   U-M employees have two sources for at-home COVID tests

   U-M health plan members are now eligible to receive up to eight FDA-approved, at-home COVID-19 tests each month, with no out-of-pocket cost if they are purchased at network pharmacies.

4. May 4, 2020

   New prescription drug cards arriving in June

   U-M prescription drug plan members will receive new drug plan ID cards in June as the university teams with Magellan Rx Management to administer its prescription drug benefit plan beginning July 1.

5. May 31, 2017

   University drug plan limits cost increases, offers new programs

   Prescription drug spending is an important driver of health care costs nationwide, but the U-M drug plan has contained costs better than many employers.

6. March 28, 2016

   University spending on specialty drugs continues to increase

   Sharply rising prices and the growing use of specialty drugs continued to impact the university’s prescription drug plan in 2015.