pharmacy
...quest that the particular drug gets covered under the prescription plan. Another reason the item may not be covered under the insurance is because it may be a non-formulary drug, which means that it is not listed under that certain plan for coverage. Often the problems people had with the insurance can be related to a non-matched card holder identification number, which in that case the plan which the prescription was processed is not the plan which the person has coverage under. Usually the computer tells you to distribute the claim through another carrier. Each insurance policy has its own 4-letter number to identify it as that plan. For exampled Medicaid is 6107, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield is 4100, Oxford is 0600, and Npa is 7237. In order to fill a prescription the person – their address – birthday – telephone number – and insurance plan all has to be in the system. The information the pharmacy has needs to match up with the information the insurance company has. Many terms have to be learned in order to type a prescription label successfully. For example Qd means every day, T stands for tablet, C for capsule, Bid for twice daily, prn stands for as needed. Once all of the terms are learned filling a prescription becomes easier. Each pill and cream bottle contains an expiration date, which must be on the label also. Another difficult factor in typing a prescription is converting ounces into milliliters. For example 4 ounces is 120 mls, 8 ounces is 240 mls, ect. Also being able to judge the day supply of an item is difficult and takes time to learn. Lately it has seamed abnormal for a person to drop off 1 prescription. The average person probably drops off at least 3 prescriptions at a time, which is probably why Genovese fills close to 250 prescriptions daily. However there are many occasions where people will drop off as many as 14 prescriptions. Usually these people are on the Medicaid insurance plan where the co pays range from $0.00 - $2.00, and if the person does not want to pay anything they can fill out a waiver form. Many times you will see a person picking up a number of prescriptions which have no co pays yet they have the money to buy other unnecessary items. They do not have the money to pay for their prescriptions but they spent money on other things that they do not need. It seams that Medicaid users of...