We’re making a change to Record article categories

As part of our ongoing efforts to streamline The Record, we’re eliminating the Pharmacy category. Record articles related to prescription drugs will typically appear in the Professional or Facility categories, or both, depending on which types of health care providers require the information. Prescription drugs include those covered under pharmacy benefits as well as those covered under medical benefits.

We’re doing this because most pharmacies don’t receive The Record, and we want the Record categories to better reflect the types of providers who need to read these articles. In addition, articles that previously appeared in the Pharmacy category tend to focus on prescription drugs and how professional and facility health care providers prescribe and administer those drugs.

Beginning with this issue, following are the categories that will be used:

• Professional (e.g., doctor’s offices)
• DME
• Facility (e.g., hospitals)
• Vision
• All providers

If you have any questions, send an email to provcomm@bcbsm.com.