Prescriptions Are Filled And Processed In A Variety Of Ways
Step 1 At the doctor's office, your doctor writes you a handwritten prescription or sends it electronically to your pharmacy. This might be a retail pharmacy, a clinic pharmacy, or a mail-order pharmacy. Step 2 The pharmacist or pharmacy benefits manager (a company that administers insurance coverage of medicines) double-checks your insurance policy to verify that the drug prescribed is covered. Step 3 Your health insurer will make one of the following decisions in order for you to be able to obtain your prescription. You pay the co-payment as instructed by your insurance plan in order to receive the medicine your doctor prescribed. You may receive the medicine your doctor prescribed, however, you'll have to pay a higher co-pay or a percentage of the drug's price, known as co-insurance. You may be able to receive a therapy with comparable advantages and a lower cost to you and your health insurance, but it is not a generic version of the drug you were given. Your health in...