{"id":270779,"date":"2018-02-26T06:06:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=270779"},"modified":"2018-02-26T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T20:06:03","slug":"chcc-outpatient-pharmacy-now-accepting-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chcc-outpatient-pharmacy-now-accepting-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"CHCC outpatient pharmacy now accepting Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over a month after the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. opened its new pharmacy, it is now accepting Medicare again.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, it said they now accept Medicare Part D, the Medicare prescription drug benefit, which serves as an optional service for Medicare beneficiaries. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, the CHCC Pharmacy does not accept Tricare, VA, or Blue Cross Blue Shield but does accept all local insurances, including Aetna and Medicaid. <\/p>\n<p>CHCC continues to expand and, according to CHCC CEO Esther Mu\u00f1a. Prescription orders can be placed over the phone through an automated system by calling (670) 236-8798. Orders can be placed anytime, including after the pharmacy\u2019s business hours. <\/p>\n<p>When calling the CHCC pharmacy number, patients will be prompted with the following options:<\/p>\n<p>-Dial 1 \u2013 to place an order for a refill (you must have your prescription number available)<\/p>\n<p>-Dial 2 \u2013 for doctors calling to authorize prescriptions<\/p>\n<p>-Dial 3 \u2013 for pharmacy hours and location<\/p>\n<p>-Press 4 \u2013 to confirm your prescription is ready for pick-up <\/p>\n<p>-Press 0 \u2013 to speak to a member of the pharmacy staff<\/p>\n<p>The CHCC Pharmacy is located on the main building of CHCC, next to the blood laboratory. The hours of operations are Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm and weekends and holidays from 8am to 5pm. (Bea Cabrera)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a month after the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. opened its new pharmacy, it is now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[56,666,140,1164],"class_list":["post-270779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-business-3","tag-chcc","tag-commonwealth-healthcare-corp","tag-va"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}