UPMC Health Plan expands program for prescription discounts


An expanded partnership between UPMC Health Plan and a San Francisco tech company offers the promise of cutting the cost of prescriptions if they don't delay filling them.

UPMC Health Plan and Sempre Health said they are adding the number of medications that are covered in the partnership. The names of the drugs weren't immediately available, but it will likely be three more.

Sempre works like this: It provides text messages to UPMC Health Plan members to get them to not only fill their medications…

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