Dr visits on the road
I am sure we are the only ones with this issue. Medications. Since our Doctors are all here in Florida where we live now, what do we do when we hit the road? Our Doctors are only going to refill presc...
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As full-timers, here's how we are set up:
When we're in one place long enough (such as the three months we spent this spring in New Mexico with family or the extended time we're getting ready to spend waiting for a new grandbaby near Baltimore), I'll put a temporary mailing address in our Express Scripts account. Otherwise, all meds go to our Escapees mail address and they forward them to us wherever we ask them to. If there's an emergent or one-time Rx, we get it filled at the nearest Walmart pharmacy. Walmart is in-network for Tricare and the prescription goes into a national database if we need a refill down the road.
All of our providers have been excellent working with us this way. We've only had one serious health event in the three years (we both got pneumonia this spring in New Mexico and my wife ended up in the hospital for five days). Of course, everything was handled by local physicians and the hospitalists at the hospital. Records were copied to our regular providers afterward.
Rob
- Legal domicile with the Escapees mail service in Livingston, TX
- Providers we love and have been with for a long time in Augusta, GA (returning twice a year for appointments)
- Routine prescriptions (we're each on several) through Express Scripts for Tricare
When we're in one place long enough (such as the three months we spent this spring in New Mexico with family or the extended time we're getting ready to spend waiting for a new grandbaby near Baltimore), I'll put a temporary mailing address in our Express Scripts account. Otherwise, all meds go to our Escapees mail address and they forward them to us wherever we ask them to. If there's an emergent or one-time Rx, we get it filled at the nearest Walmart pharmacy. Walmart is in-network for Tricare and the prescription goes into a national database if we need a refill down the road.
All of our providers have been excellent working with us this way. We've only had one serious health event in the three years (we both got pneumonia this spring in New Mexico and my wife ended up in the hospital for five days). Of course, everything was handled by local physicians and the hospitalists at the hospital. Records were copied to our regular providers afterward.
Rob
