Some of the docs around here are charging $10/script for refills when they are not done in context of a visit. Don't blame them, but it sure hurts folks on a fixed income.
That is unbelievable. I wouldn't be able to collect five cents. Can't charge Medicaid anything over and above and even my private pay wouldn't pay that.
I plan to fax no matter what. Of course, the pharmacies won't take them. I also will use TSP800 which, IMHO, is the way to go.
Medicine is a mess, because we doctors want it to be. Business people, lawyers, etc. would never stand for this. Once again, just imagine every single docotr in Maine simply telling their patients they can't write scripts anymore because the government and HIPAA won't let them. What would it take? About three days?
