Meds-by-mail for Florida’s sickest patients?
by Dara Kam | April 20th, 2010A last-minute amendment on a sweeping health care provider bill would require Florida’s sickest Medicaid patients – those getting five or more prescriptions – to receive their drugs only by mail.
Opponents of the proposal, up for consideration this afternoon in Senate Ways and Means Committee, object that the change could harm Alzheimer’s patients, AIDS patients and others who need pharmacists to help them manage their medication.
It’s part of an ongoing battle between doctors and pharmacists over who gets to dispense drugs.
The meds-by-mail plan is being pushed by Prestige Health Choice, a physician-owned HMO that is participating in a Medicaid pilot project.
Tags: Florida Senate, Medicaid
April 20th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Meds by mail does not sound like a good idea. The medications may not reach the proper patient. Also with mail delivery being cut back, will meds arrive in a timely manner??
April 21st, 2010 at 2:45 am
And what happens if someone’s live saving medication is in the post and the postmen go on strike?
April 21st, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Government should not insert itself between the patient and their doctor.
If the patient wants to get their medications through the mail, that is their choice.
The USPS is the last entity I’d trust for important shipments! FedEx and UPS are my top choices.