Prescription drugs on the road.
Don't know if this is just a Florida issue or not but more and more prescription drugs are only being filled for one month with no refills. Typically it is pain and sleeping aid medications. Local d...
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Seems to me it's a combination of many things:
Federal laws
Insurance company guidelines
Established AMA/Doctors protocols
and Doctors discretion
When I was working my previous Doc prescribed maintenance meds 3 months at a time. I asked her about it and she told me it was the protocol. But after a few years she switched me to 6 months at a time telling me she had enough history to support that change. When I went on Medicare I had to switch Docs and I'm back to 3 months at a time. I suspect part of it is a paperwork game with Medicare. It may be Medicare rules or it may be the Doc insisting on more office visits of dubious value so they can bill Medicare and cover other costs.
Federal laws
Insurance company guidelines
Established AMA/Doctors protocols
and Doctors discretion
When I was working my previous Doc prescribed maintenance meds 3 months at a time. I asked her about it and she told me it was the protocol. But after a few years she switched me to 6 months at a time telling me she had enough history to support that change. When I went on Medicare I had to switch Docs and I'm back to 3 months at a time. I suspect part of it is a paperwork game with Medicare. It may be Medicare rules or it may be the Doc insisting on more office visits of dubious value so they can bill Medicare and cover other costs.
