Guiding and shaping young minds is one of the most important jobs there is. And providing the best health care possible for those who serve, or have served in our schools is one of our most important jobs. With our deep understanding and commitment to publicly-funded and educational plans, we're ready to take on your toughest health care challenges and help you prepare for tomorrow's opportunities.
TRS: Health care is the starting point for progress and potential
If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. We empathize with the unprecedented challenges that you have, and likely continue to be faced with. But as always, which challenges come new opportunities. And there has never been a more pivotal opportunity to charter the path forward, create new beginnings, forging relationships built on trust, while still keeping the employee at the heart of it all.
Global capabilities and local expertise
In Texas, and across our country, there is tremendous potential for progress in health care across the spectrum. As a health care partner committed to improving health for all, one of the ways we bring about change is by listening.
We recently surveyed consumers in Texas to understand their perspectives when it comes to accessing care, finding resources and prioritizing whole person health.
We recently surveyed consumers in Texas to understand their perspectives when it comes to accessing care, finding resources and prioritizing whole person health.
Virtual Care: Bridging gaps to accessing care
Telemedicine is one way to bridge the geographic gap to accessing care, and most Texans used some form of virtual care in the past. Overall, they had a positive experience and most plan to use virtual care again.
Increasing costs: Managing impact and dollars
Like most Americans, Texans are concerned about the costs of health care - medications, premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. While they felt their financial health was strong, there is growing concern about the impact of rising costs on their pocketbook.
Mental health: Acceptance doesn't equal understanding
More people are talking about mental health than ever before, and for those in Texas, they agree they are comfortable talking to their doctor. But some aren't sure where to get care, or that it's even different from seeing a medical doctor.
Access: Help is out there ... but where?
Not everyone in Texas has the same access to the health care they need. Factors such as levels of education and proximity to the city center all played a role in Texans telling us help is out there but it takes time to get to it.
Innovating health care to drive success for your plan and improved outcomes for your members
We've built a long legacy of innovation to improve health care for all. See where we've been and where we're headed.
Explore The Lab
The Lab is a collaborative space where we innovate and ideate with clients to develop solutions that improve care and reduce costs.
Navigating digital health
As adoption of digital health applications grows, health benefits leaders are challenged with where and how to invest.
Serving and providing for retirees
As the number one Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) partner in the industry, we serve 1.6 million retirees and dependents – nearly 35% of the EGWP market. We support both self-insured and fully insured EGWP arrangements, ranging from tailored small group solutions to national corporations, states and labor unions.
EGWP client satisfaction
total EGWP lives
drug trend across our EGWPs1
In your corner, and on your terms
At a time when nearly every business is challenged to do more with less, we understand your need for a true partner, to help solve challenges that matter to you the most. We understand your team is tasked with managing spend while maintaining the best possible benefits for your team members. We want to be your trusted partner to deliver improved savings and optimized outcomes designed with Target's unique opportunities and challenges in mind.
A successful partnership starts with a seamless implementation
Our mission of driving the health care industry forward is grounded in our commitment to your members - and our proven care continuity and communications strategies allow us to deliver seamless transitions for the majority of your population, with many members barely registering any change at all. See below how one of our new clients with 5,000 lives saw minimal disruption when switching to Express Scripts services.
Only 2% of this specific client's members faced disruption
Only 12 people from this specific client's organization requested exception
Performance guarantees met across all Express Scripts' lines of business
Overall Express Scripts clients' satisfaction rate with implementation
Designing a better health care experience
A better health care experience doesn't start at the pharmacy. It really begins in the doctor's office at the point-of-care or even long before. We use data, advanced analytics and behavioral science to better understand patient journeys and build-in the processes, tools and technology to make your members' care and experience simple and seamless.
Optimizing the member experience
Member experience when filling and refilling prescriptions plays an important role in access to medications and adherence. Express Scripts members have a first-class app to help them manage their health everywhere, anytime.
Addressing challenges to affordability
Affordability is the top health care concern. Express Scripts offers many solutions built to work within a prescription benefit, as well as, options for the cash prescription market – which means, prescriptions paid for by cash, with no payer reimbursement.
Patients are increasingly going outside their prescription benefit in effort to reduce out of pocket costs caused by the rising cost of drugs and plan sponsors using high deductible health plan designs.
Patients are leveraging pricing aggregator services and prescription discount cards which provide access to price comparison tools and discounted pricing options. 95% of prescription discount card claims are for generic drugs.
Prescriptions dispensed through discount cards are invisible to the benefit plan, are not automatically applied to accumulators, bypass plan design, safety and clinical features and diminish the perceived value of the plan benefit.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Our diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy fosters a culture of belonging and equity that advances our mission to positively impact the well-being of our people and the communities we serve.
79% of employees agree that there is great DEI at our organization, outperforming other companies by more than 13%
Committed to doubling diverse supplier spend to $1B by 2025
Launched COVID-19 disparities project to slow the spread in three target markets with large Black and Hispanic populations
Innovation and support through COVID-19
In a world dramatically changed by COVID-19, every business faces new realities – and a long list of unknowns. And we’re here for our customers and their members as they face every single one of those unknowns.
1Based on 2019 data