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c/insurancefights·submitted 8 months ago by u/fabio_kuipers

unpopular opinion: formulary is massively overrated

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Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: formulary matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have been asserting it confidently for about 11 months without either producing anything. What would actually settle it is 7 people measuring the same…

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u/hassan_chowdhury69 points·8 months ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/kian_ferreira-34 points·8 months ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/fabio_kuipersOP1 point·8 months ago

step therapy documentation is the weapon, use it

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u/fabio_kuipersOP1 point·8 months ago

Ireland plan: step therapy required 12 medications first. Did them all, got approval. The order matters.

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u/prior_auth_painMOD39 points·8 months ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/muscle_cramp_mo20 points·8 months ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with copay, not with what you concluded.

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u/fabio_kuipersOP10 points·8 months ago

Strongly agree. Step therapy is predictable if you have the criteria.

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u/pavel_nkemelu3 points·8 months ago·edited

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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u/marisol_moreau40 points·8 months ago

resubmission after denial requires new documentation

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