Year: 2014
Resolution Number: 23
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Cassandra Klyman, MD
Sponsor: Cassandra Klyman, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the appropriate regulatory agencies to achieve greater flexibility for patients by allowing pharmacies (mail-order or retail) to only charge the patient one co-pay in those instances where the patient’s physician has to adjust the strength of the previously prescribed medication prior to the scheduled refill date for that identical medication; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the AMA reaffirm AMA policy (H-120.962) that opposes charging patients more than one co-pay for multiple prescriptions of the same or varying doses of medication.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with the appropriate regulatory agencies to achieve greater flexibility for patients by allowing pharmacies (mail-order or retail) to only charge the patient one co-pay in those instances where the patient’s physician has to adjust the strength of the previously prescribed medication prior to the scheduled refill date for that identical medication; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the AMA reaffirm AMA policy (H-120.962) that opposes charging patients more than one co-pay for multiple prescriptions of the same or varying doses of medication.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Multiple Mail-Order Prescription Co-pays
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