Express Scripts Customer Service
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Based on 39 Complaints

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  • Express Scripts headquarters address

    • 1 Express Way
    • St. Louis
    • MO 63121
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    314-996-0900
  • Better Business Bureau rating

    A+

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My prescription was sent into Pharmacy on a Monday for a Blood Pressure medication on a Monday and order not shipped until a Friday? No emails no phone calls ?

20

RX 244641262 email said they needed more information from doctors but could not reach doctor. When I asked what they needed I was told that on the RX I mailed in, that they were confused on the the quanitity and amount per day of the RX. On the mailed RX it said one container, the only size that it comes in, and one pump per day. That's the only way its sold. I have this RX for over six years and nothing has changed.

Poor service and poor information given to me as I could answer their questions based on the existing RX that I have.

Poor service.

20

I had open heart surgery a year ago. Pretty much forced by military to use express scripts.
I get my refills every 3 months.
I owe 90 dollars from last order but do not get paid until next friday. Ask express scripts to fill one of my heart meds as i am out. Was told no that until i pay total 90 dollars they would hold my prescriptions hostage.
So now i have 10 days without my meds I am on social security and have no means to pay until i get my check. So here I am without my meds and a pharmacy who does not care.

20

On 7/1/2019 I was eligible for Medicare. It took 3 months for me to evaluate and decide on a plan I could live with. I chose the plan Express Scripts Medicare - Saver (PDP). Up until 7/1 of this year, I was under my husband’s corporate retiree plan, also an Express Scripts plan. In June, I phoned Express Scripts, regarding transferring my 90 day prescriptions from the corporate plan to the Medicare plan. I was advised to phone the doctor and have new 90 day order mailed/faxed to the new Express Scripts policy with Medicare....just to be safe. I did what I was told and phoned the office of the physician who in turn faxed over the order. Good to go, now it’s June 24th. I am set to travel outside of my state 6/25 so I went into my Medicare Prescription Plan account and set up my prescriptions for July. I placed them into the cart and was prepared to order the prescriptions when I returned on July 13. While away, my husband phoned and told me medications had been delivered to the house, did I need them? I told him I didn’t and also told him I didn’t order any, then asked if he could review the billing notice included to see if a policy number was listed anywhere. Since my husband has never worked with insurance bills nor invoices he was of no help. I waited until I returned to further review why I had medications delivered that were not yet ordered. I phoned Exp Scripts Medicare customer service and a woman named Kendra was as helpful as she could be. She advised the prescriptions were ordered through the corporation retiree acct and that I would need to speak to CS for that acct. She transferred me and I took up the explanation for the 2nd time, this time speaking with Sylvia. This is the information I was given: When the new order came from my doctor (as I was instructed to do), Exp Scripts AUTOMATICALLY placed and filled the orders. Those prescriptions were charged to our HIGH DEDUCTIBLE corporation account. #1 complaint: I was never told to hold off until 7/1 to mail in new orders because it is their company policy to fill an order as soon as it is received. I asked if this could be corrected and applied to the Medicare account as it should have been. (Keep in mind I NEVER placed the order that was within my cart waiting until 7/1) I was told they did not have the ability to do that. I requested to speak with a Supervisor and was transferred to Craig. Now it’s the 3rd time I’m explaining the situation. Craig’s only resolve for this debacle was to suggest he could credit my charge card, but there was NO WAY the monies charged to my credit card on file would be credited to my deductible of my Medicare policy. I was told he had personally seen this occur 1 other time, BUT Express Scripts “the company” has NO WAY of correcting/applying monies incorrectly applied to 1 policy to the other. In other words, these prescriptions were charged to an old open account (BY EXPRESS SCRIPTS AND NEVER ORDERED BY ME) but will NOT be CORRECTED and applied to the deductible of the correct policy which is now Medicare. What this amounts to is #2 complaint: I have a $415 deductible that I must meet under Medicare. The monies paid for this medication SHOULD HAVE APPLIED to the Medicare deductible had EXP SCRIPTS NOT filled the prescriptions BUT ALLOWED ME TO DO ON MY OWN. It is beyond me how a company CANNOT fix a debacle THEY CREATED and the customer had NOTHING TO DO WITH. This is a SCAM and hurts all who work with a deductible on ANY insurance plan. #3 complaint: I will now pay more out of pocket to apply toward the deductible of the Medicare policy. This is shameful and I will be reporting this to the federal government.

20

july 1st i sent a check for $90.00 today is july 15 they shipped today tomorrow is the 16th i had my doctor send a order in to cvs for 10 talbets that cost me $23.00 total $113.00 why so long i spoke with custom service people they could not give a reason why it took so long

20

I just called Express Scripts Customer Service today because they shipped me a medication that I do not take. They refused to take the charge off of my account. I called my doctor's office and they told me they did not place the order. The persons working at CS and the Supervisor are very stubborn and UNhelpfull. Refuse to help = NO customer service. I'm annoyed with Express Scripts.

Re: Invoice #243419043

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I have a problem getting my refill of Praluent 75 mg injection. I got it first time about 4 weeks ago, paid $250 annual copayment plus $78 every time I get the drug. Express scripts told me that they do not deal with the speciality pharmacy any longer and I can get it from CVS speciality pharmacy. I was told that I pay $146 which is double of what I paid before. Sonofo the drug manufacturer has already reduced the copayment to $25-$100 for Medicare part D. So far I did not get the medication and CVS pharmacy told me that you gave them a hard time on the phone.

20

I absolutely hate this company. Constantly having to try to reach my doctor to get him to preauthorize medicines which he prescribed. When you call them you always have to sit on hold for 15 - 20 minutes and then you end up with someone that speaks terrible
English. If my doctor didn't think I needed the medication, he wouldn't have prescribed it. Why do the doctors have to waste their time preauthorizing medications? It is hard enough to get an appointment these days, and I hate I have to reach him after I go to the pharmacy to pick up my medication and learn that it has been denied again by the Part D carrier. Also, they bother me trying to get me to do their mail order program. I do not like them calling me about this and other things when I am paying almost $100 per month to them!!!

20

I cannot get on the website to order my RX. In the web address window I get a message with a red x over the lock, and https is also marked through with a red x......the web page gives me a Privacy error....Attackers may be trying to steal your information etc etc.
I called Express Script about 12 times. The first person I talked to was very nice...but I don't think he understood. My husbands and my account are under my e mail address...username: julialancaster4315@yahoo.com. I was told that I had to have them talk to my husband to get his ok for them to do anything with the account...I HAVE HAD THE ACCOUNT WITH THIS USERNAME FOR 25 YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS...I could order both our medicines on line. I changed the username to stanleylancaster41 and the account was unlocked long enough for me to order my husbands meds. but couldn't find mine. The second web person I talked to was VERY HATEFUL. and told me that I had a virus on my computer...I do not have a virus as I can use my computer for this message and anything else I need to on my computer. She said that it wasn't Express Scripts problem and that I would have to order my meds by phone. She wouldn't listen to what happened. She said forget about what the other person said and listen to her...she didn't want to help me with my problem...I will get in touch with our NEIP Insurance Provider and let them know about this problem with Express Scripts...

20

Since 215/19 two shipments from Express Scripts have gotten lost in transit to us. Both were shipped on a Friday from NJ to MD via DHL with transfer to USPS. The tracking for both stopped during the weekend and ultimately the packages were sent back to NJ with significant delays.
My order was Omega 3 tablets and my husbands was Eliquis (to treat clots, so much more important life saving drug). Unfortunately they were both delayed before being shipped via DHL-USPS because they required Pre-Approval which is another complaint I have since a doctor prescribes the medication especially a doctor in the hospital ER this Pre-Approval delays the medication even more.

There seems to be a problem with shipments coming out of NJ using DHL-USPS that needs corrective action. This is totally unacceptable and I plan to continue working on it until some corrective action is taken. Something is broken between DHL and the USPS when the package is sent out on Fridays and then gets lost over the weekend. I am also disappointed that the only thing customer service seems to want to do is to add the notes to our files. At this point I will not be recommending Express-Scripts to any friends or relatives unless they want to be as frustrated as I am right now.

20

I ordered a medication for my terminally ill dog at Petco.com. Little did I know--or so they say-- they essentially have no power over the pharmacy that works with them to fill orders. I recently found out that the pharmacy they use is Express Scripts. I ordered the meds on April 8, 2019 and attempted to cancel my medication order on April 10, 2019--two days after I ordered it and after my vet had faxed in the prescription. I decided to go with another company that had a better reputation for customer service. The Petco rep said they would send in a request to cancel. By Friday, April 12, I had received no confirmation that the order had been cancelled and it was still showing on my online acct as in progress or processing. I called Petco again, who apologized and said it was up to the pharmacy. I asked for the pharmacy contact information and they refused to provide this to me. I contacted Petco again on Saturday, April 13, 2019 and all I got was a long wait and more runaround and useless apologies. I called them back on Monday, April 15, 2019 and was told the item had been shipped. When I said I would return the item they smugly informed me that the company policy was that prescription meds could not be returned. How convenient. I am now contacting consumer agencies in the state of Calif along with the office of the Calif Attorney General along with the Calif Pharmacy Board to complain and to see if I have any recourse. I have already cancelled my account with Petco and will never do business with them again. I finally found the name of Express Scripts --another company I will not ever do business with again; I hope to get the word out to anyone who cares about the rights of consumers. The customer service is horrible. I have never had this problem with any online retailer, even when ordering prescription items. You guys are so big you probably don't care what any of your customers say....there are millions more who are "adequately" served or others who have no choice but to work with your compan. But I will keep making as much noise as I can and hope the state of California can do something to control your conduct. I am disgusted that the laws are written to benefit the corporations and not the people.

20

I take trulicity on Wednesday and am completely out I spoke with customer service rep past weeekend who assured me I would get my order no later than Wednesday. Today I called to confirm my delivery a customer rep told me it would be shipped tomorrow the 17th should recieve it Friday the 19th. This is 2 conflicting customer service reps not on same page. I was told by my doctor trulicity has to be taken on same day every week once you start. Can you fix this please.thank you

20

I ORDERED MY BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, I TALKED TO A REP AND SHE LOOKED UP MY ACCOUNT AND I TOLD HER I WAS LOW ON MY LABATOLTOL 300MEG. SHE NEEDED MY PAYMENT DEPOT CART AND I GAVE IT TO HER. I HAVE BEEN WITH SCRIPTS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND SO MANY ERRORS HAVE OCURRED. THE MEDICATION WAS GOING TO BE SENT ASAP. I CALLED TODAY 3/28. SCRIPTS HAD NO RECORD THAT I HAD CALLED FOR A REFILL. I AM LIVID!!! AND SO UPSET BECAUSE I AM OIUT OF MEDICATIPON WITH EXTRERALY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND A COMPANY THAT SCREWS UP A PERSONS LIFE. WALGREENS TOOK CARE OF ME THANK GOD. YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE NEEDS RERPAIR BADLY. I WAN T TO SWITCH BACK TO WALGREENS MAIL SERVICE, I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS IN 5 YEARS WITH THEM. SO SO DISCUSTED WITH SCRIPTS. FRED PASSALACQUA

20

Over charged for my medication charged a tier 3 price when the PDF with drug information says it is tier 2. Express Scripts is the mail order pharmacy for Anthem MediBlue. The PDF formulary list (Y0114_19_35070_I_C_137.pdf) clearly says tier 2. Page 40 shows digoxin oral tablet 125 mcg is tier 2. Express Scripts says I owe $52.01 but I only owe stage 1 price of $20.00. I have talked to Anthem they said my problem is with Express Scripts who just keep saying tier 3 not tier 2. I would never have asked for this if the price look up at Express Scripts didn't show $20.00.
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20

I am on a automatic refill program. My prescription refill is for 90 days and more then 3 times I have NOT received my medication in time, before my prescription runs out. I did call and I did ask to file a formal complaint. I have not received any follow ups from anyone concerning my complaint. I have since received my medication and I noticed I was not charged ($20.00).If that is resolution, I am not pleased. I need my maintenance medication on time, before my prescription expired. Concerning this last incident, I called 2 times a few weeks ahead of time to try and avoid this issue and was told everything was fine and would be on time. That was not true.

20

Had to give one star because I couldn't rate it any lower. Absolutely the worst company I have ever had to deal with.
My wife and her doctor spent three weeks back and forth with phone calls and faxes trying to get something as simple as blood test strips to test for sugar diabetes. After our doctor spent countless hours with one request after another everything was completed. Again it took nearly three weeks. Now after all this time we are notified that these particular strips are not covered. I mean, can you believe it, in three weeks, dealing with both employees and supervisors, surely someone could of giving us that information sooner. Either this company couldn't care less about veterans and their families or they employ the most incompetent people on the face of the earth. In either case my rating would be zero stars if possible.

20

They call me with a phone call, but is a robot and they wont forward me to a real person, instead they give me a phone number to call THEM BACK! THEY CALLED ME! I am NOT waiting on the phone for a projected 30 minutes on hold for a call they made to ME. ANSWER your PHONE...….This company service SUCKS! Before they were bought out I had MEDCO Pharmacy and they were very nice to deal with. These jerks are TERRIBLE! Express Scripts has done nothing but screw up what USED TO BE a good company. It seems impossible to talk to a real person.

Tim Wentworth, EARN that over inflated $15.8 million dollar salary and hire some people to answer the phones.

The GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BREAK UP THESE MEGALOPOLIES! There is NO BENEFIT to the customer...….only WALL STREET!

I am filing a petition with my insurance company to NEVER have to DEAL with these people EVER AGAIN!

20

I take Nuvigil. Got a prior auth for this in March 2018. In December 2018, it was crossed off our list, and we were notified by email.
Since I has a script still going, I went to get it filled, and was told, no. Called EP, and was told that my dr had to call a number and I could get an override.
Notifying my dr at the end of December, they called EP, and were told the PA was in place, and all was fine. The dr calls me, I go to the pharmacy and was refused.
Calling EP, a nice person tells me that she sees the PA, and she sees the refusal to fill, but doesn't know why. I was at work, so I had to call back.
This was on 2/4. Calling back, another nice person, who connected me to the rudest person in your place, working in the PA dept.
I explained my situation, and when I stated my dr called, she interrupted me and said, no she didnt'. I said, yes--no she didn't. There's no record...
I then told her the PA was good until 3/28/19, and again, she interrupted me.
Believe it or not, in a nice tone I asked her for help. I said that perhaps she didnt' understand how important this is to me, that falling asleep at my desk is not an option. Silence. She was still on the line, but refused to speak. So after a minute, I hung up.
Calling back, another nice customer service rep sent me back to the PA dept. I was on hold for EIGHT mins. Dont' know why, but all I can think is that that woman did not answer.
I then asked our Benfits Dept to find out why. I am attaching the email.
Why can't you guys tell customers what's going on? You shortened my PA to December. I didn't know that. The generic is not effective.
Yes, I got an email saying that the drug was no longer available, but calling and someone saying you have a PA, don't worry, did not help me.
I had to run, make phone calls like crazy.
If a letter was sent, stating what was going to happen, that sure would have helped.
And please, that person in PA was the rudest. Perhaps she was having a bad day, but there was no reason to treat a customer like that.

I attempted to add a copy of the email, but it will not take pdf files...

20

My prescription for Humera was sent to Accredo (Express Scripts specialty pharmacy) on January 22, 2019. At that time, I had Blue Cross/Blue Shield Premera as my primary insurance and TriCare military insurance as my secondary. I was contacted by Accredo to collect a $2,100 co-pay because I had not met my $1,500 deductible yet with BCBS (not sure why they were trying to collect more than my deductible). I informed Accredo I had secondary insurance through TriCare and was transferred over to Accredo Billing to set that up. The representative took all of my information, including my husband’s SSN (as the sponsor) and was told it would take 48 - 72 hours for TriCare to be verified.

I called back on January 24 to follow up and was told that Accredo does NOT bill secondary insurance. I have called several times to follow up on this prescription because I was getting conflicting information as to whether Accredo bills secondary insurance or not (was told YES and NO by different representatives).

As of January 31, 2019, my COBRA insurance through BCBS was cancelled and TriCare became my primary. I contacted Accredo on February 1, 2019 and they informed me that Express Scripts - TriCare would be handling my prescription for Humera. On Saturday, February 2, I contacted Express Scripts to follow up to make sure everything was in process. After being placed on hold for 15 minutes and then being hung up on, I called back because even though they had my phone number, the representative that hung up on me failed to call me back. I spoke with another representative who assured me my Humera prescription was being sent through TriCare for verification and that the other prescription that was being processed through BCBS was being cancelled. She told me to wait 24 - 48 hours and then to contact Express Scripts back for verification.

Today is February 5, 2019 and I have been informed there is no prescription in the Express Scripts - TriCare system for processing. The Customer Service Supervisor informed me that they only have the prescription under BCBS and that it was in the process of being cancelled by Accredo. He said the system still shows BCBS as active. I informed him that I could easily send him a print-screen from my former employer’s benefits page showing no coverage and should have been told that last Friday when I first called Express Scripts - TriCare. I provided him with the number to my former employer’s benefit’s group to verify this information to see if that will expedite this process. I told him they would take anywhere from 15 - 20 minutes to answer that call so I am on hold once again (no offer to call me back at the number I provided to Express Scripts several times).

I am now on a three-way call with Express Scripts and my former employer’s benefits department, who is willing to call Express Scripts eligibility department back to verify my non-coverage through BCBS. It appears everyone is now jumping through the same hoops that I have been jumping through (after a 1.5 hour call) so it will remain to be seen what happens after today’s call.

20

Why can't I print the formulary? All I can print is gibberish!

20

An e-mail by Express Scripts notified me that my medication was shipped out on January 25, 2019-5:50 A.M.
DHL was the service used for this specific delivery. Half of the bag dropped off at the Harriman, NY USPS by DHL was filled with packages intended to be dropped off at the HIGHLAND MILLS, NY USPS. Harriman, NY USPS redirected the bag of misplaced packages to the sorting facility in Westchester County, White Plains delaying this package by two days. Fast forward, an e-mail this A.M January 30 from DHL is alerting me to a mis-shipped handling of my medication. This package Is right now in limbo. Highland Mills, NY USPS does not have this package as of January 30, 8:00 A.M. The last message states January 31 targeted delivery. Six days would have elapsed as a result of a delivery to the wrong post office. What a fiasco. Louise Hendrickson.

80

Received my script for Pravastatin today and there was a "hair" attached to and sticking out of the label. This is disgusting. Are these scripts not filled in a sterile environment? Do the pharmacists wear caps? More care needs to be taken! I hope this is taken seriously and not passed over. Just like getting a hair on your food in a restaurant is bad, so is this. Thank you for your time and concern, Eileen Garmen

20

Prescription #183613280312, Epi Pen. B/D 9/10/40. You filled a prescription that expires in less than six months. Your pharmacist thinks this is in compliance with your policies, but a six month prescription filled on 1/3/21019 that expires on 6/19 is a five months supply. This prescription is normally for a year and I am alarmed over your callous indifference to my concerns as your representative quoted policy to me. You empty a closet of expired medications expect us not to rebel. This situation needs to be addressed asap.

20

Concerning script for Novolog flexpen. This medication was reported to have been shipped on December 27, as of today January 3 it has not been received. I have contacted fedex who claim a label was created but package has not been received. I have contacted express scripts daily and the story changes every time. First it is fed ex have it and on its way, not true though, so when I request they look into it as a possible list medication, I am then told I will have to pay a high deductible again. Then get supervisor who claims shipment went out January 2nd at 10:41, but fed ex still does not have a record of this on January 3rd.

20

I received first pills from your company. My doctor called in prescriptions , because you took my excellent drug store off list as of 1/2019 WReading DrugStore
Your company had my 2 membership cards(ZALl112419998001B and 112419998001Plan 9151014609. When I decided I wanted to join same, I gave those numbers my credit card number also. I was told your drug store would call my doctor(Dr. Erlikh internal medicine(Phone#) 4846282468. She had to call in my medicines. I received same to find out all would be charged to credit card. I pay $157.80 a month for drug plan for years with your co. I am 83 dealing with this problem. I have anxiety plus high blood pressure and now this problem. Also I received 380 Lopermide pills which I normally receive 90 at a time with my good W.Reading Drug Store delivered to my retirement home. I never received that amt.price $121.50 which I don't think is covered on my plan, however 4other prescription are always covered. All will be on my credit card bill coming probably this week. My bill on credit card will be close to what I pay every month for drug insurance. I want to be reimbursed for this mistake immediately . My phone number 6108167037. Man that took information from doctor's office should know wrong card was given to him..not drug card. Why didn't he call me?????too lazy.

20

Can not receive prescription before I run out! RX 183171123817 Zitiga. Started this new drug in November, had to pay for 1 day shipping but still got it 4 days later after it was processing for ever,to get a head of the red tape and to assure I do not run out,I've been trying to reorder and after several attempts was assured Monday it would be ordered but I added 2 day shipping. As of today it is still processing! so I called and I was told nothing is on order and it cannot be processed until after 12/17! I will be completely out on 12/18! This is a crucial Cancer drug which I need and can't have a week or two lapse in not taking it! I asked if I can go to my local Pharmacy for this and was told I could per Karen Patient Advocate. Someone really needs to look at the quality control on this, it could mean life or death. I have talked to several people on this matter am I the only one who see's the problem with this scenario ? I will continue to go up the chain until this is resolved. Thankyou

20

Called for refill 10/25/2018- on my blood pressure medicine. Denied need pre auth- got that but didn’t receive medicine until 11/26/2018 could have had a stroke or hear attack!! These folks knew I’d been on this medicine since 2014 but failed me as a customer and patient. There is no excuse for this. I will also, report this to Railroad administrators too! Unacceptable for me not to refill my permanent Blood pressure medicine....I could have been disabled by stroke or heart attack. Are you trying to kill us all??
Very angry and upset your pharmacist is a potential serial killer?? Who else is this done too how many people don’t complain. I want stop until someone hears me!!!!!

20

My wife, Elizabeth G. Engels, received in September 2 drugs she has not used for over a year. She was charged $400 for each of these drugs which in the past only cost a few dollars. The order was an error but that does not forgive the charge of $800. We cannot afford this charge and I am asking that the our $800 be returned less the real cost of the drugs.

20

This is the WORST company they don't care about there clients . they will not help in any way, shape or form. I have spoke to many employees about my prescription's and they could care less on helping you. I asked for a supervisor and they are even worse than the regular employees. I wish they would go out of business or employer would fire them. I had to give one star but they don't deserve any stars.

20

Express Scripts charged double the amount than my Pharmacy for this medication. They charged me for an order that I did not order , , ,I had canceled the order,they billed me a
Anyway,and now that I'm refuse to pay they have turn me over to collections agency. I can't get nowhere with customer service they say they're going to be fix the problem but they never do

20

I am locked out of my account and ordered to change my pass word. I have tried two times and your program is terrible.

20

For a year now, I have just shown my Aetna card at any pharmacy to purchase prescriptions. Never once, was I asked for more information or another card until today when my daughter went to John Hopkins. Aetna said Express Scripts is our provider but Aetna pays for the medication in the end. I contacted Express Scripts by phone to obtain an ID # and Jaime started to yell at me about not knowing which medication my daughter had been prescribed. My daughter's scripts were with the pharmacists waiting for the member info. She was ready to end the call on me. When I told her my daughter gave me the info that the pharmacy needed she misunderstood that I had all the answers, but I was just asking one of four items they needed including BIN, Member ID, Group and PCN. Jaime berated me again for using the wrong terminology. I just find this horrible behavior for a customer service rep. I'm paying for you to keep your job and asked you a couple simple questions, since I NEVER received a prescriptions card in the mail, which of course she blames on Aetna. I hope Express Scripts takes time to properly train their service reps and should do a thorough evaluation of their calls. This is unacceptable behavior and will switch companies the minute I get a chance. I cannot in good conscience recommend this company to anyone. Member Beware!

20

I sent a refill request to Express Scripts on June 22, 2018 for Alprazolam 0.5mg. I called Express Scripts on June 26, 2018 at 11:00AM to find out the status of having a prescription for Alprazolam 0.5mg filled by my physician. I was told by the first person that I spoke with that Express Scripts had not heard from my physician yet to fill this prescription. My physician always authorizes to fill a prescription the first day that he receives the notice from the pharmacy requesting to fill a prescription. I was surprised to learn that Express Scripts had not yet received authorization from my doctor to fill the prescription for Alprazolam 0.5mg. I waited about three hours and called Express Scripts again. I was told that they are waiting for more information from the Clarification Department before Express Scripts can fill my prescription. I had never heard anything like this before. I asked him what kind of clarification is needed from my doctor. I was told that the clarification department needed to find out about the number of refills from my doctor. I explained to this person that my doctor does not give refills on this particular medication but I was asked to hold while this person went to go check on something. I was on hold for about 5 minutes. I called my physician's office at around 3:20PM and told them the problem and the receptionist said that they hadn't received any request from Express Scripts to fill my prescription. She said there was nothing either in paper or electronic form. So I called Express Scripts again and spoke with someone else. I told her the situation and asked if she would contact my physician again so that I could get my prescription filled and she said that she wasn't authorized to do this. I got mad. When another brick and mortar pharmacy had not received an approval from my physician after their first attempt, then they have had to put in the request again. I didn't understand why Express Scripts (who has already informed me that they haven't received what they needed from my doctor) couldn't contact my doctor again to get the my prescription filled. She said only her supervisor could do this and then she hung up on me. I called Express Scripts back again (my fourth time today). I told this person what was going on and she told me that they had the prescription from my physician and that I would receive my order in 3 - 5 business days. So as of 3:30PM I thought my prescription was being processed and I would receive it in 3 - 5 business days. This evening, as I checked my emails, I noticed that TWO emails were waiting for me. One was sent to me at around 3:46PM and the second was sent to me at around 4:36PM. The second stated that Express Scripts was still waiting on information from my doctor before they could fill my prescription so I called customer service again. at 10:50PM. I had to ask at least five times had my physician sent authorization to fill my prescription? I couldn't get a yes or no answer. I kept hearing the representative say to me "I understand that you are concerned." That's not how I was feeling. I was angry and frustrated and pretty fed up with the run around that I was getting from Express Scripts. He said he was trying to explain to me what was happening. I asked him why was I sent an email stating that at 4:36PM Express Scripts was still waiting for my doctor's approval to fill my prescription so I asked this person what time did my doctor send the approval to fill my prescription? He said that he didn't know but that he would have to pull up this information. I said he should have already pulled up this information when I began asking him a simple yes or no answer to my question of has my physician authorized Express Scripts to fill my prescription. He kept telling me that was what he had been trying to tell me. But that isn't true. I asked several times for a yes or no answer to my question: "has my physician sent approval to fill my prescription?" Why CAN'T someone at Express Scripts answer this simple question for me? He then went on to say that the prescription was in the process of being filled. So I asked why didn't I get an email letting me know that Express Scripts had received authorization from my physician to fill my prescription and that it was being processed? After getting two previous emails stating that they were still waiting on approval from my doctor, then I should have received an email letting me know that Express Scripts had received what they needed from my doctor and it was being processed. This person said that it was an automated email that was sent to me. I said you shouldn't send an automated email like this and then not followup when you get the information that you needed. This was my fifth call to Express Scripts today and this shouldn't be like this. The first time my physician sent my prescription to Express Scripts to fill my prescription for Alprazolam 0.5mg, I didn't have a single problem but when I go I order a refill on this prescription, this is the mess that I am dealing with. I don't like being lied to and I don't like someone making up information when he either didn't know what was happening with my refill or if he just didn't want to be bothered with finding out exactly what was going on. This is the THIRD problem that I have had with Express Scripts since January 2018. Twice I haven't received notices that I was due for a refill on my medications and this is the second time that I have had to call and call about an order, received automatically generated emails that were NOT accurate and now today. I have been working to get this issue resolved since 11:00AM and it's now 11:41PM. This isn't right. Your company is a mess and if anyone asks me what I think of Express Scripts I will be honest with them and I will tell this person that your customer service needs to be honest with customers when they call, they need to stop generating emails that aren't accurate and they need to answer a question directly without dodging answers. I am pretty fed up with Express Scripts right now and I am trying to decide whether or not to fill my prescriptions elsewhere.

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It is feedback as much as it is a complaint so they can hopefully improve! Money is all that motivated most companies and happy customers are the best way to ensure that in my opinion. My issue is related to many factors. One is their phone survey that you are constantly asked to do after every call. What pisses me off is that the survey is ONLY or primarily about the EMPLOYEE who took yr call - NOT about anything specific re the company itself. That is BS that you want to just easily blow off dissatisfaction by blaming it on the lowly employee who is having to work hard to put up with frustrated members, rather than truly trying to improve as a COMPANY!

I just started w ES on April 1st and I still haven't rec'd a membership card/member ID 2 weeks later. I have had to call ES repeatedly to ck on Rx's, my Dr sent them, then wait longer than I had to wait when I had Optum, to GET the meds delivered. I still can't register/access their website either because it keeps saying it doesn't recognize my info. Very frustrating. Their customer svc employees are great so they should NOT be scapegoats for a company who seems to not want t get real or detailed feedback from their members.

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I have asthma so it is required that I use express scripts to obtain my medication. They have not once got it right without many phone calls. I spent and hour on he phone with them just this morning. They said they corrected their systems and told me my medication would go out. Now at 10:30 PM I receive and e-mail that says they can't process my medication. This company is a SAD CHRONIC MESS! They should not be in business. I have never experienced anything his bad. Their customer service is nonexistent.

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I have been dealing with Express Scripts for over a year now, and I have finally had enough! The customer service is absolutely the worst and if you try to speak with a supervisor, you will find an even worse experience. Each month I have problems with my prescriptions, and each month I have to make multiple phone calls to try and resolve the issue. Just a bunch of rude and unprofessional people. Don't waste your time!

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I have an HRA with Auto Claim forwarding (unbeknownst to me), Accredo the specialty pharmacy for Express Scripts filed a claim and it wiped out my HRA. I have a copay card on file and that should have been charged and then I would have paid the $5.00 instead I paid $1005.00. I finally after hours and months got it so that Acredo would reverse and re bill correctly after I broke the Auto-forward claims (which I did).

Then I was told Express Scripts needed confirmation from BCBS (my medical provider) to verify it was broke so that when the claim was repossessed it wouldn't do the same thing again and wipe out the HRA. Mike form BCBS called had confirmed. I called Express Scripts customer service number back to make sure everything was in order only to be told they can't (even though I broke the auto charge and they got confirmation from my medical provider) do an override to show that the claims was broken.

2 days later and about the 30th person (since this whole thing started) I talked to-- they got hold of the rep that deals with our insurance and they stated no they won't put in the override so I can get back the $1,000.00 into my HRA (they refused to give me the support reps name as well so I can file a compliant against that person) and was told nothing further can be done, because they have procedures to follow.

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Meds lost in mail. Express says too bad. I have to reorder and repay. Still no meds and am out of 8 meds and 2 payments.

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I am a Medical representative and was looking forward for a best solution to my Clients regarding health insurance claims and best drug deciding channel. I got the right choice with Express Scripts providing better medical plans, suggesting best drugs at customer affordable rates with their Tricare Pharmacy program and so many other offers. You can view all product alerts and drug recall messages online. Healthier outcomes require better decisions and you can do only with Express Scripts. I suggest you to have look at the online portal of Express Scripts for detailed information which is providing services to Individauls,Pharmacies,Doctors and other medical field users.

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