Year: 2012
Resolution Number: 33
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): David T. Walsworth, MD
Sponsor: David T. Walsworth, MD
On behalf of: Ingham County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That our Michigan State Medical Society work with the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, and the Michigan Association of Health Plans, as well as other interested parties, to ensure that payment for prescription medications and durable medical equipment not be denied solely on the basis of the use of a properly suffixed institutional Drug Enforcement Agency number, or similar identifier; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That our Michigan State Medical Society ask our American Medical Association to work with other interested parties, to ensure that payment for prescription medications and durable medical equipment not be denied solely on the basis of the use of a properly suffixed institutional Drug Enforcement Agency number, or similar identifier.
RESOLVED: That our Michigan State Medical Society work with the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, and the Michigan Association of Health Plans, as well as other interested parties, to ensure that payment for prescription medications and durable medical equipment not be denied solely on the basis of the use of a properly suffixed institutional Drug Enforcement Agency number, or similar identifier; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That our Michigan State Medical Society ask our American Medical Association to work with other interested parties, to ensure that payment for prescription medications and durable medical equipment not be denied solely on the basis of the use of a properly suffixed institutional Drug Enforcement Agency number, or similar identifier.
Fiscal Note: NULL
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