When prior authorization becomes prior aggravation

When prior authorization becomes prior aggravation

This commentary is by Diane Roston, who is on the clinical faculty at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and is a physician at West Central Behavioral Health in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Imagine that when you go to pick up a refill, the pharmacist tells you that your insurance won’t cover it. “But I’ve been taking this medicine for years: two 10 mg tablets in the morning and one in the afternoon. It works well. And it’s generic,” you say, …