Our patients often experience delays in their access to medication, caused by extended back and forth communication with pharmacists and prior authorization requests. In addition, many insurance plans favor less expensive medications or require that patients try and fail certain medications, forcing pharmacies to send us prior authorization requests asking for justification or medical necessity to evaluate the need for specific medications. This process certainly increases the chances of prescription abandonment and non-adherence to prescribed meds and worsens our patient’s health outcomes.

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