tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post8330817483338279491..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Department of Redundancy DepartmentGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-59448955425443832132020-06-16T20:25:01.720-04:002020-06-16T20:25:01.720-04:00Egadzooks. How does anyone have the patience to fi...Egadzooks. How does anyone have the patience to fill out these prior authorization forms, if they know they'll be processed by someone with a high school diploma at the most? Maybe that's why pharmacists hand over the job to techs to send to the docs. There's this tiny suspicion the physician really wanted to order a particular medication because it was the appropriate prescription for the diagnosis, that's why? How many times are PAs turned down? Maybe it's a rhetorical question. Maybe there's another reason, but I cannot think of it right off the top of my head right now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13825865010315344662020-06-16T20:19:47.551-04:002020-06-16T20:19:47.551-04:00Looks like a PA form for a CGRP to me. Devil's...Looks like a PA form for a CGRP to me. Devil's in the detail, Dr.G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51395306562323282292020-06-16T18:22:11.980-04:002020-06-16T18:22:11.980-04:00Anonymous @ 6:53pm -- more than 15 headache days p...Anonymous @ 6:53pm -- more than 15 headache days per month is one of the criteria for chronic migraine, as opposed to episodic migraine. Different treatments.The Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089372155526171987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90464232489803356942020-06-15T18:53:23.080-04:002020-06-15T18:53:23.080-04:00So, if the patient has 16 a month they are not cov...So, if the patient has 16 a month they are not covered? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43462435784928416092020-06-15T17:16:50.706-04:002020-06-15T17:16:50.706-04:00I think yes might be a good choiceI think yes might be a good choicePackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66891475547732693602020-06-15T15:26:50.152-04:002020-06-15T15:26:50.152-04:00Another reason to have somebody else read your stu...Another reason to have somebody else read your stuff before you publish...djwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592073218947095173noreply@blogger.com