The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has selected AdvancePCS SpecialtyRx and MIM Corporation's BioScrip® specialty pharmacy to provide stop loss customers with access to favorable pricing for high-cost injectable medications - Contracts and Alliances in Brief - Brief Article

Drug Cost Management Report, Feb, 2003

* The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has selected AdvancePCS SpecialtyRx and MIM Corporation's BioScrip[R] specialty pharmacy to provide stop loss customers with access to favorable pricing for high-cost injectable medications. Through its subsidiaries, Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co.

and Hartford Fire Insurance Co., The Hartford sells medical stop loss insurance to employers who self-fund their medical benefits programs for their employees. Those employer groups and their employees will benefit from lower rates on drugs indicated for such high-cost, high-risk conditions as hepatitis C, HIV/ AIS, hemophilia and Crohn's Disease. Both AdvancePCS SpecialtyRx and MIM Corporation's BioScrip specialty pharmacy are available through third party administrators to self-funded medical plans that purchase stop loss insurance from The Hartford. Information: Kristin Flyntz, Hartford Life, (860) 843-4191, Kristin.Flyntz@hartfordlife.com.