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CVS EPCS Transfer in MA?
2023.06.10 18:49 ChelseaRPh CVS EPCS Transfer in MA?
Question for pharmacy staff in MA:
Are you able to transfer unfilled electronic Schedule II prescriptions between stores? Or does RxConnect just not allow it? My usual CVS is out of stock and saying they can't.
Please read the MA Board of Pharmacy Policy 2022-03 if you think it's illegal. https://www.mass.gov/doc/2022-03-unfilled-prescriptions-pdf/download
Thanks for any input!
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Are you able to transfer unfilled electronic Schedule II prescriptions between stores? Or does RxConnect just not allow it? My usual CVS is out of stock and saying they can't.
Please read the MA Board of Pharmacy Policy 2022-03 if you think it's illegal. https://www.mass.gov/doc/2022-03-unfilled-prescriptions-pdf/download
Thanks for any input!
2023.06.10 18:38 megs-benedict The amount of calling I have to do to get meds is dumb
It’s been said before and I’ll say it again. I have to email my doc every month, then I have to call the pharmacy to actually fill it, no sooner than having only two pills left. They won’t actually fill the prescription unless I call and tell cvs to fill the damn thing.
Open to tips or solves, I’m new at this
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Open to tips or solves, I’m new at this
2023.06.10 18:20 eblackman CVS Pharmacy
When I went to pick up my medication, I was notified that CVS will no longer allow prescription refills directly from the doctor but will send refill requests directly to the doctor. Does anyone have this experience
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2023.06.10 10:28 Careful-Insect-6467 Cvs pharmacy tech
Everyday after work, I think to myself “wtf did u even do all day”
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2023.06.10 08:39 jiji88899 Doctor has submitted prescription twice (electronically) to CVS pharmacy, CVS says they don’t have prescription in queue or any record of it. Any advice?
My CVS pharmacy is open 24 hours. Dr submitted first prescription at 5pm. I never got notified by CVS that it was ready and couldn’t get anyone to answer my calls, so I went in person at 9:30pm. They said they didn’t have anything for me. I call the doctor who says they’ll submit a new prescription. 2 hours later, still nothing… does anyone have any advice?
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2023.06.10 07:48 Crazed_waffle_party Health insurance is not navigable (insider rant)
My brother makes $60,000 a year as a support manager in NYC for a well known B2B tech company. However, he pays about $3,600 a year for his health insurance through his company. That's not terrible. The average rate for an American is $465 a month, but depending on ones plan and risk factors, it can go between about $300 and $1,200 a month for coverage. By the way, instead of using the term subscription or monthly fee, insurance companies use the term "premium". Although "premium" sounds more decadent and luxurious, it's really just a way to confuse consumers to make them less resistant to costs.
In this grand country, my brother pays 6% of his wages pre-tax just in premiums. Sadly, There are extra costs that he and all other patients must navigate:
Although doctors have no clue what they're hospital is being paid for seeing a patient (how would they, it differs by insurance, company, plan, and procedure, which can result in trillions of combinations), the hospitals and their administrators do have a means to look it up. The list that contains these amounts is called a charge master. Practically all hospitals require employees to sign NDAs regarding this document. If an employee were to post it online or let the information slip, they will lose their jobs and then be sued in civil court.
Normally, we are used to looking up the costs of something in realtime on our phone, but this is impossible in the world of medicine. You will only know what something costs if you ask. However, you cannot ask your doctor. They do not know. It would also compromise your relationship with them if you were to constantly interrupt their analysis with financial questions.
You may ask an administrator, but they can take a long time to get back to you. They cannot answer off the top of their head. They have to look it up with specialized tools, while also handling their own workload.
You may be willing to wait around for an answer for a major procedure, but probably not for the small things. For instance, a single Tylenol pill, may actually be costing you $50. Without access to the charge master, patients cannot navigate the system, even if they have a sophisticated understanding of the medical system. Obviously, without price transparency, costs can and have become egregious. Making these lists public is the first and perhaps simplest way to improve healthcare.
Frankly, all medical providers and insurance companies should be forced to disclose their charge masters in a standardized format that must be sent to a centralized government database for easy access. If the format isn't standardized, any government agency or company that wants to make a price/procedure search engine to to increase transparency will not be able to without a disruptive amount of human capital. If these companies are not required to submit these documents to a centralized source, they will introduce red tape or technical complications in accessing them. The demand to standardized and centralize this information should not be up to discussion. The amount bad faith tactics they have leveraged over the years has ultimately disqualified both hospitals and insurance companies from negotiating for compromise.
My mother used to manage these intricacies as a hospital administrator and I used to navigate the hundreds of thousands of varying procedures, drugs, and hyper specific codes used to define them all as a biomedical company database administrator. This is something that has been part of my life for some time. It's something I have learned to resent as I've been increasingly involved with its needless absurdity.
I recognize though, that the medical insurance industry directly employs 3 million Americans through its pointless inefficiencies. It cannot be rectified without harming millions of people who are simply doing their jobs. There isn't a politician cruel enough nor self-sacrificing enough to drain the lake at once. However, price transparency is a practical first step, even for an elected official. Getting charge masters into the public domain should be priority. That is all.
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In this grand country, my brother pays 6% of his wages pre-tax just in premiums. Sadly, There are extra costs that he and all other patients must navigate:
- Deductibles: The sum you pay before insurance covers costs. For example, with a $5,000 deductible, you shoulder the first $5,000 of medical expenses yearly. If you have cancer, that means on top of the monthly fees (PrEmIuMs) you spend on insurance, you will also have to spend $5,000 for your own treatment before your insurance even kicks in.
Keep in mind, standard procedures are usually covered by your insurance even if you haven't met your deductible. However, because of the amount of possible medical exams a person can have, the list of what counts as "standard" vs. "non-standard" is not intuitive. Some PhD.s who specialize in this field even find the amount of irregularities between what is covered by default throughout varying insurance networks to be unfathomably complex. - Coinsurance: Even after you met your deductible, you may still be obligated to pay for some of your care, usually a percentage of the final bill. This split in pay is your coinsurance. Going back to the earlier example, let's assume you maxed out your deductible, spending over $5,000 for your cancer treatment; however, you will need an operation that is likely to cost $10,000. Even though you're deductible has been met, you may have a coinsurance bill of 20% ($2,000) for your surgery.
- Copays: This is a fixed amount you will pay for a service, deductible met or not. This varies based on your procedure or the medication you are taking, so there is no way of planning for it prior to a diagnosis. You may pay $3 copay for insulin, but you may have to pay $120 for an MRI scan. The costs are fairly arbitrary and cannot be easily looked up on a website. Unless you know how ICD10, pharmaceutical codes, etc. are used by your specific plan and hospital, you will not be able to navigate this yourself. At my previous position as a database administrator for a biomedical company, I had to deal with over 70,000 codes used by insurance companies and hospitals. It is not practical for an individual to understand or navigate these systems on their own without specialized knowledge and tools. Considering that every single insurance companies' plans has different charges for pharmaceutical, procedures, and hospital facilities, not even your doctor has a clue about the expenses you may have to burden when they write you a prescription. No person should have to plan around this.
- Out of pocket maximums: The most you can pay before your insurance covers everything, including copays and coinsurance.
- in-networks/out-networks: your insurance company negotiates on price with pharmacies, hospitals, and other institutions within the medical system. However, sometimes these negotiations fail. When an insurance company does not have an agreement with a medical provider, that provider is considered out-of-network and the insurance will not pay for your care there. It gets more complex, though. Sometimes, a hospital may be in your network, but the doctor you must see may not be. Sometimes the doctor may be covered, but the MRI machine they used to check you isn't. That's right, equipment can be outside of your network.
Although doctors have no clue what they're hospital is being paid for seeing a patient (how would they, it differs by insurance, company, plan, and procedure, which can result in trillions of combinations), the hospitals and their administrators do have a means to look it up. The list that contains these amounts is called a charge master. Practically all hospitals require employees to sign NDAs regarding this document. If an employee were to post it online or let the information slip, they will lose their jobs and then be sued in civil court.
Normally, we are used to looking up the costs of something in realtime on our phone, but this is impossible in the world of medicine. You will only know what something costs if you ask. However, you cannot ask your doctor. They do not know. It would also compromise your relationship with them if you were to constantly interrupt their analysis with financial questions.
You may ask an administrator, but they can take a long time to get back to you. They cannot answer off the top of their head. They have to look it up with specialized tools, while also handling their own workload.
You may be willing to wait around for an answer for a major procedure, but probably not for the small things. For instance, a single Tylenol pill, may actually be costing you $50. Without access to the charge master, patients cannot navigate the system, even if they have a sophisticated understanding of the medical system. Obviously, without price transparency, costs can and have become egregious. Making these lists public is the first and perhaps simplest way to improve healthcare.
Frankly, all medical providers and insurance companies should be forced to disclose their charge masters in a standardized format that must be sent to a centralized government database for easy access. If the format isn't standardized, any government agency or company that wants to make a price/procedure search engine to to increase transparency will not be able to without a disruptive amount of human capital. If these companies are not required to submit these documents to a centralized source, they will introduce red tape or technical complications in accessing them. The demand to standardized and centralize this information should not be up to discussion. The amount bad faith tactics they have leveraged over the years has ultimately disqualified both hospitals and insurance companies from negotiating for compromise.
My mother used to manage these intricacies as a hospital administrator and I used to navigate the hundreds of thousands of varying procedures, drugs, and hyper specific codes used to define them all as a biomedical company database administrator. This is something that has been part of my life for some time. It's something I have learned to resent as I've been increasingly involved with its needless absurdity.
I recognize though, that the medical insurance industry directly employs 3 million Americans through its pointless inefficiencies. It cannot be rectified without harming millions of people who are simply doing their jobs. There isn't a politician cruel enough nor self-sacrificing enough to drain the lake at once. However, price transparency is a practical first step, even for an elected official. Getting charge masters into the public domain should be priority. That is all.
2023.06.10 06:19 No-Engineering2646 Omnicare salary
What is the job grade and pay range for a front-end pharmacy technician position at CVS/Omnicare? I want to be clear about what salary I should request during my interview. The range is $17-$27. But that is for the job grade this position falls under. I can’t find more info than that.
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2023.06.10 03:44 yardsaleyolo Class action lawsuit over DIR?
90+ year old family owned pharmacy run exceptionally well by my mother. Filling over 11,000 prescriptions a month and still growing (up 10% YTD). They are being absolutely bent over by PBM DIR fees. The town relies on this business and it’s literally becoming worthless in front of our eyes. Some of the growth this year is coming from the fact that there was a walkout of staff at the local CVS over a terrible work environment.
I have my own successful business in a different city but I’ve been getting involved to try and right the ship. This is a fight for survival right now. Mom stopped paying herself a few months ago and is doing everything she can to keep the business afloat. Implementing strategies to hold less inventory, start telling customers they are “unable to fill”, and whatever they can to help raise cash. This isn’t a question of squandering a business away.. this is theft.
Seriously… WTF!?!?
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I have my own successful business in a different city but I’ve been getting involved to try and right the ship. This is a fight for survival right now. Mom stopped paying herself a few months ago and is doing everything she can to keep the business afloat. Implementing strategies to hold less inventory, start telling customers they are “unable to fill”, and whatever they can to help raise cash. This isn’t a question of squandering a business away.. this is theft.
Seriously… WTF!?!?
2023.06.10 02:23 Dependent-Rent2618 Can't get 10, 12.5, or 15
Beenwithout Mounjaro for three weeks. CVS can't get 10, 12.5 or 15 mg. They said there is a manufacturer back order on all three doses and they don't know when it will come in. The appetite suppression wore off almost immediately. I'm hungry all the time. This sucks. BTW, I have a T2D diagnosis. The pharmacy just can't get it in.
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2023.06.10 02:16 dieseL0T $400 Shampoo
They won't approve my dermatitis shampoo.
I had to get my rx refilled, in order to do so, I had to set up an appointment with a dermatologist (specialist) for $154 out of pocket. Mind you, this is for a chronic disease with cure, so it's not like we're getting any sort of advanced treatment here. I manage it with a borderline over-the-counter combo of extra strength hydrocortisone, an antifungal, and a sulphur-based shampoo.
So I go to pick up my hydrocortisone cream, ketocazonole (antifungal), and a sulfa-something shampoo. [Side note: I had this shampoo a couple years ago when I had insurance through a different employer and it was free (in fact, they would mail it to my house, automatically, which was awesome).]
I head in to CVS with my "CVS Caremark" insurance card and they say that the creams are $36 out of pocket and the shampoo is not covered... it would cost $400. In stunned silence I drive home and prepare for the dreaded task of calling my insurance.
I call the number on my card, I finally get a human on the line, provide them with my card number, and personal verification info, just to have them report that they don't *do* prescriptions, so they will need to transfer me to someone else. I hold on the line. I eventually get a new human and again provide them with my card number and personal verification info.
They proceed to tell me that the shampoo is not FDA approved. ***my mind begins to do mental gymnastics.. a *shampoo* that is recommended by my dermatological specialist, not approved? a medication that CVS CARRIES and *would have* provided to me, no problem, had I supplied them with the $400 is NOT FDA APPROVED???
The human suggests that I contact my dermatologist to have them switch it to something else.
I push back, why would I do that? this is seemingly innocuous and common medication, a dermatologist-recommended medication, surely there must be some mistake.
Human says that maybe the pharmacist entered the ID number for the medication into the computer wrong and suggests I call the pharmacist.
I say "You want me to call my pharmacy and tell them my insurance think they might be wrong?"
The nice human then offers to call the pharmacy for me.
Long story short, after an additional 45 minutes (the pharmacy doesn't like to answer their phone, apparently), we have, in fact, proved that there was no mistake, the ID number for the medication was entered correctly. My shampoo is not FDA approved, and therefore, would cost me $400 to obtain.
So that's pretty much that.
TL;DR: Fuck CVS. Fuck the US healthcare system. And fuck me, apparently.
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I had to get my rx refilled, in order to do so, I had to set up an appointment with a dermatologist (specialist) for $154 out of pocket. Mind you, this is for a chronic disease with cure, so it's not like we're getting any sort of advanced treatment here. I manage it with a borderline over-the-counter combo of extra strength hydrocortisone, an antifungal, and a sulphur-based shampoo.
So I go to pick up my hydrocortisone cream, ketocazonole (antifungal), and a sulfa-something shampoo. [Side note: I had this shampoo a couple years ago when I had insurance through a different employer and it was free (in fact, they would mail it to my house, automatically, which was awesome).]
I head in to CVS with my "CVS Caremark" insurance card and they say that the creams are $36 out of pocket and the shampoo is not covered... it would cost $400. In stunned silence I drive home and prepare for the dreaded task of calling my insurance.
I call the number on my card, I finally get a human on the line, provide them with my card number, and personal verification info, just to have them report that they don't *do* prescriptions, so they will need to transfer me to someone else. I hold on the line. I eventually get a new human and again provide them with my card number and personal verification info.
They proceed to tell me that the shampoo is not FDA approved. ***my mind begins to do mental gymnastics.. a *shampoo* that is recommended by my dermatological specialist, not approved? a medication that CVS CARRIES and *would have* provided to me, no problem, had I supplied them with the $400 is NOT FDA APPROVED???
The human suggests that I contact my dermatologist to have them switch it to something else.
I push back, why would I do that? this is seemingly innocuous and common medication, a dermatologist-recommended medication, surely there must be some mistake.
Human says that maybe the pharmacist entered the ID number for the medication into the computer wrong and suggests I call the pharmacist.
I say "You want me to call my pharmacy and tell them my insurance think they might be wrong?"
The nice human then offers to call the pharmacy for me.
Long story short, after an additional 45 minutes (the pharmacy doesn't like to answer their phone, apparently), we have, in fact, proved that there was no mistake, the ID number for the medication was entered correctly. My shampoo is not FDA approved, and therefore, would cost me $400 to obtain.
So that's pretty much that.
TL;DR: Fuck CVS. Fuck the US healthcare system. And fuck me, apparently.
2023.06.10 02:16 dieseL0T $400 Shampoo
They won't approve my dermatitis shampoo.
I had to get my rx refilled, in order to do so, I had to set up an appointment with a dermatologist (specialist) for $154 out of pocket. Mind you, this is for a chronic disease with no cure, so it's not like we're getting any sort of advanced treatment here. I manage it with a borderline over-the-counter combo of extra strength hydrocortisone, an antifungal, and a sulphur-based shampoo.
So I go to pick up my hydrocortisone cream, ketocazonole (antifungal), and a sulfa-something shampoo. [Side note: I had this shampoo a couple years ago when I had insurance through a different employer and it was free (in fact, they would mail it to my house, automatically, which was awesome).]
I head in to CVS with my "CVS Caremark" insurance card and they say that the creams are $36 out of pocket and the shampoo is not covered... it would cost $400. In stunned silence I drive home and prepare for the dreaded task of calling my insurance.
I call the number on my card, I finally get a human on the line, provide them with my card number, and personal verification info, just to have them report that they don't *do* prescriptions, so they will need to transfer me to someone else. I hold on the line. I eventually get a new human and again provide them with my card number and personal verification info.
They proceed to tell me that the shampoo is not FDA approved. ***my mind begins to do mental gymnastics.. a *shampoo* that is recommended by my dermatological specialist, not approved? a medication that CVS CARRIES and *would have* provided to me, no problem, had I supplied them with the $400 is NOT FDA APPROVED???
The human suggests that I contact my dermatologist to have them switch it to something else.
I push back, why would I do that? this is seemingly innocuous and common medication, a dermatologist-recommended medication, surely there must be some mistake.
Human says that maybe the pharmacist entered the ID number for the medication into the computer wrong and suggests I call the pharmacist.
I say "You want me to call my pharmacy and tell them my insurance think they might be wrong?"
The nice human then offers to call the pharmacy for me.
Long story short, after an additional 45 minutes (the pharmacy doesn't like to answer their phone, apparently), we have, in fact, proved that there was no mistake, the ID number for the medication was entered correctly. My shampoo is not FDA approved, and therefore, would cost me $400 to obtain.
So that's pretty much that.
TL;DR: Fuck CVS. Fuck the US healthcare system. And fuck me, apparently.
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I had to get my rx refilled, in order to do so, I had to set up an appointment with a dermatologist (specialist) for $154 out of pocket. Mind you, this is for a chronic disease with no cure, so it's not like we're getting any sort of advanced treatment here. I manage it with a borderline over-the-counter combo of extra strength hydrocortisone, an antifungal, and a sulphur-based shampoo.
So I go to pick up my hydrocortisone cream, ketocazonole (antifungal), and a sulfa-something shampoo. [Side note: I had this shampoo a couple years ago when I had insurance through a different employer and it was free (in fact, they would mail it to my house, automatically, which was awesome).]
I head in to CVS with my "CVS Caremark" insurance card and they say that the creams are $36 out of pocket and the shampoo is not covered... it would cost $400. In stunned silence I drive home and prepare for the dreaded task of calling my insurance.
I call the number on my card, I finally get a human on the line, provide them with my card number, and personal verification info, just to have them report that they don't *do* prescriptions, so they will need to transfer me to someone else. I hold on the line. I eventually get a new human and again provide them with my card number and personal verification info.
They proceed to tell me that the shampoo is not FDA approved. ***my mind begins to do mental gymnastics.. a *shampoo* that is recommended by my dermatological specialist, not approved? a medication that CVS CARRIES and *would have* provided to me, no problem, had I supplied them with the $400 is NOT FDA APPROVED???
The human suggests that I contact my dermatologist to have them switch it to something else.
I push back, why would I do that? this is seemingly innocuous and common medication, a dermatologist-recommended medication, surely there must be some mistake.
Human says that maybe the pharmacist entered the ID number for the medication into the computer wrong and suggests I call the pharmacist.
I say "You want me to call my pharmacy and tell them my insurance think they might be wrong?"
The nice human then offers to call the pharmacy for me.
Long story short, after an additional 45 minutes (the pharmacy doesn't like to answer their phone, apparently), we have, in fact, proved that there was no mistake, the ID number for the medication was entered correctly. My shampoo is not FDA approved, and therefore, would cost me $400 to obtain.
So that's pretty much that.
TL;DR: Fuck CVS. Fuck the US healthcare system. And fuck me, apparently.
2023.06.10 02:13 OKIEfromTulsa Incredible Target Pride Experience
Every year I go to Target to get one of their special Pride shirts in May or June. This year (2023) was different but in good way. I live in Oklahoma which is a conservative state that has passed multiple ant-LGBTQI+ bills. There has also been protests at retailers for selling Pride items including Target. Target for many years displayed Pride items at the front of their stores in May and June until this year (2023) due to protest. There is also limited supplies and Pride items have been moved the back of the store to prevent backlash in many cases.
Today was my day to go and get “said” Pride shirt from Target but I also need some other items and prescriptions (CVS). I headed to the pharmacy without notice, but the line was long and after reading multiple articles about Pride items being moved to the back of stores, headed to the back of the store to find Pride items but I could find none. I found a great associate and ask where the Pride items are and told that they are at the front of the entrance of the store. I go to the front of the store entrance and find a limited supply of items but spent 10 minutes trying to find something or anything. When I was there, I found some people avoiding the area and others quickly dodging in and out to not be noticed. I could care less what people think. I found some folks trying to figure out if I was friend or foe. I did not find what I was looking for and went back to the associate and was informed that I could order online or go to another store that had a larger stock. I did enquire about having Pride items at the entrance which is not normal today and I hesitate to post this, but it is important. I was told the other Target stores in my area had protests, but my local store has not been subjected to protest. There were other reasons given to put items at the front of the store.
This is one brave Target store in conservative Oklahoma and as I did not find a Pride shirt as I do yearly, I will continue to shop there as I do and know they respect me as a LGBTQI+ person. This store is Pride and all it stands for and I hope that there are others that have the same bravery.
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Today was my day to go and get “said” Pride shirt from Target but I also need some other items and prescriptions (CVS). I headed to the pharmacy without notice, but the line was long and after reading multiple articles about Pride items being moved to the back of stores, headed to the back of the store to find Pride items but I could find none. I found a great associate and ask where the Pride items are and told that they are at the front of the entrance of the store. I go to the front of the store entrance and find a limited supply of items but spent 10 minutes trying to find something or anything. When I was there, I found some people avoiding the area and others quickly dodging in and out to not be noticed. I could care less what people think. I found some folks trying to figure out if I was friend or foe. I did not find what I was looking for and went back to the associate and was informed that I could order online or go to another store that had a larger stock. I did enquire about having Pride items at the entrance which is not normal today and I hesitate to post this, but it is important. I was told the other Target stores in my area had protests, but my local store has not been subjected to protest. There were other reasons given to put items at the front of the store.
This is one brave Target store in conservative Oklahoma and as I did not find a Pride shirt as I do yearly, I will continue to shop there as I do and know they respect me as a LGBTQI+ person. This store is Pride and all it stands for and I hope that there are others that have the same bravery.
2023.06.10 02:11 dieseL0T Fuck CVS (Story Time!)
They won't approve my dermatitis shampoo.
I had to get my rx refilled, in order to do so, I had to set up an appointment with a dermatologist (specialist) for $154 out of pocket. Mind you, this is for a chronic disease with cure, so it's not like we're getting any sort of advanced treatment here. I manage it with a borderline over-the-counter combo of extra strength hydrocortisone, an antifungal, and a sulphur-based shampoo.
So I go to pick up my hydrocortisone cream, ketocazonole (antifungal), and a sulfa-something shampoo. [Side note: I had this shampoo a couple years ago when I had insurance through a different employer and it was free (in fact, they would mail it to my house, automatically, which was awesome).]
I head in to CVS with my "CVS Caremark" insurance card and they say that the creams are $36 out of pocket and the shampoo is not covered... it would cost $400. In stunned silence I drive home and prepare for the dreaded task of calling my insurance.
I call the number on my card, I finally get a human on the line, provide them with my card number, and personal verification info, just to have them report that they don't *do* prescriptions, so they will need to transfer me to someone else. I hold on the line. I eventually get a new human and again provide them with my card number and personal verification info.
They proceed to tell me that the shampoo is not FDA approved. ***my mind begins to do mental gymnastics.. a *shampoo* that is recommended by my dermatological specialist, not approved? a medication that CVS CARRIES and *would have* provided to me, no problem, had I supplied them with the $400 is NOT FDA APPROVED???
The human suggests that I contact my dermatologist to have them switch it to something else.
I push back, why would I do that? this is seemingly innocuous and common medication, a dermatologist-recommended medication, surely there must be some mistake.
Human says that maybe the pharmacist entered the ID number for the medication into the computer wrong and suggests I call the pharmacist.
I say "You want me to call my pharmacy and tell them my insurance think they might be wrong?"
The nice human then offers to call the pharmacy for me.
Long story short, after an additional 45 minutes (the pharmacy doesn't like to answer their phone, apparently), we have, in fact, proved that there was no mistake, the ID number for the medication was entered correctly. My shampoo is not FDA approved, and therefore, would cost me $400 to obtain.
So that's pretty much that.
TL;DR: Fuck CVS. Fuck the US healthcare system. And fuck me, apparently.
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I had to get my rx refilled, in order to do so, I had to set up an appointment with a dermatologist (specialist) for $154 out of pocket. Mind you, this is for a chronic disease with cure, so it's not like we're getting any sort of advanced treatment here. I manage it with a borderline over-the-counter combo of extra strength hydrocortisone, an antifungal, and a sulphur-based shampoo.
So I go to pick up my hydrocortisone cream, ketocazonole (antifungal), and a sulfa-something shampoo. [Side note: I had this shampoo a couple years ago when I had insurance through a different employer and it was free (in fact, they would mail it to my house, automatically, which was awesome).]
I head in to CVS with my "CVS Caremark" insurance card and they say that the creams are $36 out of pocket and the shampoo is not covered... it would cost $400. In stunned silence I drive home and prepare for the dreaded task of calling my insurance.
I call the number on my card, I finally get a human on the line, provide them with my card number, and personal verification info, just to have them report that they don't *do* prescriptions, so they will need to transfer me to someone else. I hold on the line. I eventually get a new human and again provide them with my card number and personal verification info.
They proceed to tell me that the shampoo is not FDA approved. ***my mind begins to do mental gymnastics.. a *shampoo* that is recommended by my dermatological specialist, not approved? a medication that CVS CARRIES and *would have* provided to me, no problem, had I supplied them with the $400 is NOT FDA APPROVED???
The human suggests that I contact my dermatologist to have them switch it to something else.
I push back, why would I do that? this is seemingly innocuous and common medication, a dermatologist-recommended medication, surely there must be some mistake.
Human says that maybe the pharmacist entered the ID number for the medication into the computer wrong and suggests I call the pharmacist.
I say "You want me to call my pharmacy and tell them my insurance think they might be wrong?"
The nice human then offers to call the pharmacy for me.
Long story short, after an additional 45 minutes (the pharmacy doesn't like to answer their phone, apparently), we have, in fact, proved that there was no mistake, the ID number for the medication was entered correctly. My shampoo is not FDA approved, and therefore, would cost me $400 to obtain.
So that's pretty much that.
TL;DR: Fuck CVS. Fuck the US healthcare system. And fuck me, apparently.
2023.06.10 02:06 mirahasnolife cvs training is awful
So I just started working as a pharmacy tech for cvs a few weeks ago, and I was told that the training program was new and improved. At first I felt relieved, because I know someone working at a different cvs and she said she'd never been properly trained despite being there since March. I was assigned a training store to go to during my first few shifts- the first day I showed up, only one person knew that I was coming. So there's red flag #1- My assigned "trainer" failed to properly inform the manager that I would be at their store for about 2 weeks (apparently she only informed one of the lead techs). This so-called trainer shows up (late) and then explains to me and one of the techs how the training process works (basically a combo of videos, shadowing, and practice). First few shifts went well, sometimes the videos were boring but I was grateful for any training I could get. However, over time the techs have been getting more and more frustrated over the fact that they're stuck training me since no one had asked them ahead of time and no one there was familiar with the new training program. Their frustrations reached a breaking point on Wednesday after one of the techs called out last minute. I was cut from my Friday shift and my last two shifts at this store scheduled for next week were also shortened. I don't take any of this too personally, honestly I feel guilty about it more than anything especially since it's a pretty busy store and they're short-staffed as it is so I know taking time away to train me really puts them behind. Plus, they have a tech who started a month before me yet had far less training than me, so the other techs didn't think it was fair that they had to prioritize training me first (especially since I don't even belong to this store!!).
The trainer I mentioned earlier is also absent for most of this- she only showed up the first shift to explain the process then left after an hour. All she really does is make my schedule and successfully pissed off all the pharmacy staff at this cvs since this issue was mostly her fault. She also sucks at communicating (getting her to respond to my texts is an absolute nightmare).
Guess I'll have to try and stick it out for my last two shifts. At least I won't have to be at this store for much longer but at the same time this whole thing was pretty discouraging.
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The trainer I mentioned earlier is also absent for most of this- she only showed up the first shift to explain the process then left after an hour. All she really does is make my schedule and successfully pissed off all the pharmacy staff at this cvs since this issue was mostly her fault. She also sucks at communicating (getting her to respond to my texts is an absolute nightmare).
Guess I'll have to try and stick it out for my last two shifts. At least I won't have to be at this store for much longer but at the same time this whole thing was pretty discouraging.
2023.06.09 23:16 Sea-Corgi2086 Is negotiation possible?
I (in Texas) recently applied to be a full time Pharmacy Tech at a CVS very close to me, among other places. I have a reasonable amount of experience, and have been getting interest from other companies as well. CVS offered me a position first, but at 16.25 per hour. I made 15 dollars in my first position ever as a part time tech at a Kroger, and I know from friends other companies would be starting me at 17 at least. I'm not particularly attached to this specific location. It is convenient, but not convenient enough to be underpaid.
My question, does anyone have experience negotiating their hourly rate before accepting employment? Will they leave me hanging and waiting for days just to tell me no? I don't want to miss out on somewhere else because i'm waiting for CVS to get back to me.
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My question, does anyone have experience negotiating their hourly rate before accepting employment? Will they leave me hanging and waiting for days just to tell me no? I don't want to miss out on somewhere else because i'm waiting for CVS to get back to me.
2023.06.09 22:28 itll_be_anarchy Dude wtf these scams are getting way out of hand
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2023.06.09 20:30 the_anxiety_haver Out of stock, of course.
I've been on Wegovy for a month, and I'm down about 8 lbs. (yay!) Now, it's time for a refill at an increased dose and of course - no local pharmacies have any Wegovy in stock at all. Not CVS, not walgreens, not the little mom and pops. I'm due for my dose on Sunday and I'm just really worried about what's going to happen if it's a long delay.
Really just a vent, I'm sure lots of you are going through this as well.
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Really just a vent, I'm sure lots of you are going through this as well.
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