Week 3 and the Nexavar begins! | yosoyrosa's Blog

My insurance company offers an online drug service to help save on costs for ongoing prescriptions, where you can order a 90-day supply online with refills to arrive by mail.  Fortunately, this service has a contract to distribute Nexavar, and the website said this medication was covered by our insurance plan.

Every day we called, twice requesting that the transplant center send in the doctor's orders by fax.  Apparently the fax-back service to audit against fraud checks the sender fax number to make sure a valid health care provider ordered the drugs.  The audit couldn't connect so we were told to have the doctor call the pharmacist, but the university has a policy against calling in the orders by phone.  Friday - had the doctor fax again, Saturday I called and got one story, Sunday a different story and was told to again check Monday.  Monday night I was told they didn't know what I was talking about but it was promised to be shipped on Tuesday overnight with a bill and I'd get a tracking number, but then another call said it couldn't be sent until we break out our credit card for copay.  What a challenge!

Even with one down day (you know, the ones that you hear 'just kill me now') the week is wrapping up on a good note,  we now have a 90-day supply of meds with 3 refills on file.  So far, there's been no side-affects to report.  We're checking blood pressure a couple times a day, and no loss of appetite or energy.  OK, I know, it's only been 3 doses so far....