Express Scripts SafeGuardRx®

Weight Management
Care ValueSM Program

Helping plans combat the growing obesity epidemic and providing members with the right support tools.

Express Scripts SafeGuardRx®

Neurological Care
ValueSM Program

Helping your plan address the cost and care
challenges of complex neurological conditions.

Express Scripts SafeGuardRx®

Making Medicine
Work Harder

Our multi-program, value-based platform unlocks new
financial value and better health outcomes.

Express Scripts SafeGuardRx®

HIV Care ValueSM
Program

For more information about how HIV Care Value works,
download the Executive Brief.

Weight Management Care Value: Winning the Losing Battle

It’s been two decades since federal health officials warned that the U.S. was experiencing a growing obesity epidemic that was going to put the health of millions of lives at stake. And the situation has only continued to grow, where one out of every three adults is obese.1 Obesity and excess weight are linked to poorer mental health outcomes, a reduced quality of life, and are associated with other comorbid conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and even some forms of cancer.2

Anti-obesity therapies historically have not been covered by plans because weight loss was not considered a medical condition. Obesity is recognized by the World Health Organization as a chronic, progressive disease, and plans need to take action.

The Weight Management Care Value program will help you prevent greater downstream medical spend when your plan makes anti-obesity medication available to the right patients, in combination with the right support tools along the way.

Plans can save in medical costs by preventing costly and complex comorbidities, by up to $3,500 per patient.3

For more information on how Weight Management Care Value works, download the Executive Brief.

Plans can save in medical costs by preventing costly and complex comorbidities, by up to $3,500 per patient.3

For more information on how Weight Management Care Value works, download the Executive Brief.

Cost
savings

through early discontinuation reimbursements

Utilization
management tools

help the right patients have access to the right medication

Specialized
support

helps patients address and tackle personal health barriers

Digital
tools

to track progress and stay connected on weight loss journey

1. Harvard, 2020
2. CDC
3. Biener, A., Cawley, J., & Meyerhoefer, C. (2017). The High and Rising Costs of Obesity to the US Health Care System. Journal of general internal medicine, 32(Suppl 1), 6–8.

Learn about the savings you may be missing out on

Protection from health care’s
biggest budgetary threats

SafeGuardRx combines multiple effective cost-containment strategies into a single platform, and enrolled plans experience lower overall trend than nonenrolled plans.1

Condition-specific patient
engagement and support

Clients enrolled in SafeGuardRx see better patient medication adherence, higher therapy completion rates and greater compliance with clinical guidelines.1

72 million

lives covered

11

specialty and chronic
classes covered

Deploys

clinically appropriate,
cost-effective strategies

$6 billion

saved in 2020

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When medicine works harder,
our health care system works better

More potential and more health per dollar.
Year after year.

More than a product or a solution, SafeGuardRx is a promise and a platform to tackle difficult-to-manage conditions. SafeGuardRx combines specialized clinical support, condition-specific patient engagement tools and effective cost containment strategies.

This translates to lower downstream medical and prescription costs. That’s making medicine work harder.

Pioneering the evolution of care

While others were still theorizing about solving health care’s toughest challenges, we got to work – applying our scale, rigor and tenacity to create a platform that is the best possible way for plans to deliver condition-specific care while keeping costs in check. Each year, SafeGuardRx delivers better outcomes and increased value. We continue to take on the most complex, highest-cost challenges in health care and, in 2020 alone, SafeGuardRx helped enrolled clients save more than $6 billion.

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  • WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CARE VALUESM
  • HIV CARE VALUESM
  • HEPATITIS CURE VALUE®
  • CARDIOVASCULAR CARE VALUE®
  • ONCOLOGY CARE VALUE®
  • INFLATION PROTECTION
  • INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS CARE VALUESM
  • DIABETES CARE VALUESM
  • MARKET EVENTS PROTECTIONSM
  • MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CARE VALUESM
  • PULMONARY CARE VALUESM
  • RARE CONDITIONS CARE VALUE®
  • NEUROLOGICAL CARE VALUESM

  • Exclusive savings through early discontinuation reimbursements

    Digital tools to help members track progress along their weight loss journey

    Download Executive Brief

  • Lowers cost unpredictability

    Delivers access to specialized clinical support

    Download Executive Brief

  • Helps lower the cost of
    a cure     for hepatitis C

    Expands access to curative
    therapy to thousands of people

    Download Executive Brief

  • Takes a holistic approach to
    cardiovascular management

    Enrolled clients see lower
    costs per patient     than those not
    enrolled

    Download Executive Brief

  • Aligns the cost of oncology
    medications with outcomes

    Personalized medicine through
    genetic testing     puts even more information in the patient’s and physician’s hands

    Download Executive Brief

  • Shields plans from the
    full cost impact of excessive
    year-over-year price increases on brand drugs

    Leverages the power of our
    existing drug contracts to provide
    more value and budget predictability

    Download Executive Brief

  • Segments therapies by indication
    for inflammatory conditions to drive
    to lower overall costs

    Specialized care leads to
    lower therapy discontinuation rates

    Download Executive Brief

  • Motivates patients and delivers
    healthier outcomes through patient engagement technologies

    High-touch support from
    Diabetes Therapeutic Resource
    CenterSM clinicians

    Download Executive Brief

  • Protects against extreme price
    increases, unwarranted price discrepancies and patent expirations

    Drives members to the most
    clinically appropriate, cost-effective therapies or dispensing channels

    Download Executive Brief

  • Delivers specialized clinical
    support and client savings
    due to increased adherence

    Express Scripts shares your risk with early discontinuation reimbursements
    for preferred MS medications

    Download Executive Brief

  • Unites specialized support and
    patient engagement tools for holistic management of asthma and COPD

    Lowers net cost of treatment

    Download Executive Brief

  • Protection from unexpected,
    staggering costs     of rare conditions,
    which affect 30M people in the U.S.
    – the same number battling diabetes

    Guides patients with rare conditions
    to the most effective care pathway

    Download Executive Brief

    Watch Video

  • Exclusive savings through early discontinuation reimbursements and product discounts

    No network restrictions on any of the drugs in the program

    Download Executive Brief
  • SAFEGUARDRx PROGRAM

    Delivers personalized care for complex chronic and specialty conditions

    Tackles market challenges to deliver lower overall costs

  • WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CARE VALUESM

    Exclusive savings through early discontinuation reimbursements

    Digital tools to help members track progress along their weight loss journey

    Download Executive Brief
  • HIV CARE VALUESM

    Lowers cost unpredictability

    Delivers access to specialized clinical support

    Download Executive Brief
  • HEPATITIS CURE VALUESM

    Helps lower the cost of
    a cure     for hepatitis C

    Expands access to curative therapy to thousands of people

    Download Executive Brief
  • CARDIOVASCULAR CARE VALUESM

    Takes a holistic approach to cardiovascular management

    Enrolled clients see lower costs per patient than those not enrolled

    Download Executive Brief
  • ONCOLOGY CARE VALUESM

    Aligns the cost of oncology medications with outcomes

    Personalized medicine through genetic testing puts even more information in the patient’s and physician’s hands

    Download Executive Brief
  • INFLATION PROTECTIONSM

    Shields plans from the full cost impact of excessive year-over-year price increases on brand drugs

    Leverages the power of our existing drug contracts to provide more value and budget predictability

    Download Executive Brief
  • INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS CARE VALUESM

    Segments therapies by indication for inflammatory conditions to drive
    to lower overall costs

    Specialized care leads to lower therapy discontinuation rates

    Download Executive Brief
  • DIABETES CARE VALUESM

    Motivates patients and delivers healthier outcomes through patient engagement technologies

    High-touch support from Diabetes Therapeutic Resource
    CenterSM clinicians

    Download Executive Brief
  • MARKET EVENTS PROTECTIONSM

    Protects against extreme price increases, unwarranted price discrepancies and patent expirations

    Drives members to the most clinically appropriate, cost-effective therapies or dispensing channels

    Download Executive Brief
  • MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CARE VALUESM

    Delivers specialized clinical support and client savings due to increased adherence

    Express Scripts shares your risk with early discontinuation reimbursements for preferred MS medications

    Download Executive Brief

  • PULMONARY CARE VALUESM

    Unites specialized support and patient engagement tools for holistic management of asthma and COPD

    Lowers net cost of treatment

    Download Executive Brief

  • RARE CONDITIONS CARE VALUE®

    Protection from unexpected, staggering costs of rare conditions,
    which affect 30M people in the U.S. – the same number battling diabetes

    Guides patients with rare conditions to the most effective care pathway

    Download Executive Brief

    Watch Video
  • NEUROLOGICAL CARE VALUESM

    Exclusive savings through early discontinuation reimbursements and product discounts

    No network restrictions on any of the drugs in the program

    Download Executive Brief

Our commitment to simpler, more affordable health care

At the heart of SafeGuardRx is our unwavering belief that within the most complex and expensive health care issues exists the greatest opportunity for improvement. We are working with participating plans to harness that opportunity through this platform. We take on the risk of managing clinical and financial challenges – and hold the entire health care marketplace accountable – in a way that others don’t, won’t or can’t. The result? Simpler and more affordable health care.

To learn more about how SafeGuardRx can help you deliver better care and better value,
contact your Express Scripts account team or email us now.