Re: Sharing RX medication to save $


tonywesley@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> elgoog wrote:
> > How does this purportedly save money?
>
> Co-pay.
>
> For instance, one script for 60 pills twice per day vs two scripts of
> 30 pills one per day. One co-pay vs two.
>
> > Maybe you are researching an urban myth.
>
> Not at all.

Without a crooked doctor to write the script incorrectly, it would
never get past the Drug Utilization Review (DUR) alerts. When the
pharmacy receives a script, they verify the prescription with the
prescribing doc, they enter the patient's insurance information, the
Rx, dose and prescribing provider's ID: the payer's claim payment
system would immediately detect the error, and the pharmacist would not
fill the Rx.

Either you have a crooked doctor, or a crooked pharmacist. Why would
they risk their licenses, their practices, their livlihoods and
families for someone to save a $2 to $20 copay?

I admit, you could be right. I just don't get it.

.

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