I found out my pharmacist is making more money off me.

I'm 71. So, yes, I'm at the age where Dr.s have to monitor my health. Once you get past a certain age, you collect Dr.s like an old dog collects fleas. But I found out, my pharmacist is also getting into the act. If you have meds from 2 or more Dr.s; my pharmacist collects a fee to monitor my meds. It's to ensure that there is no harmful interactions between the meds, prescribed by all the fleas, er,.. Dr.s. So far, it's covered by my health insurance. But did you know about the practice? I didn't.
 

I didn't know that either but it makes sense to double check.

I use two pharmacies, online and a brick and mortar near my home. I don't believe that they have a way to compare my medications with each other unless they can access that information from my insurance company.
 
Who is being charged for this service? I use one pharmacy and they run compatibility checks whenever my Dr. adds to or changes our regimen.
We have never been charged, openly at least. No such charge appears on any of our insurance paperwork.
Seems as though that not killing you would be considered customary and accepted practice,and not a revenue enhancement program.
Maybe look for another pharmacy?
 
Who is being charged for this service? I use one pharmacy and they run compatibility checks whenever my Dr. adds to or changes our regimen.
We have never been charged, openly at least. No such charge appears on any of our insurance paperwork.
Seems as though that not killing you would be considered customary and accepted practice,and not a revenue enhancement program.
Maybe look for another pharmacy?

We have basically the same set-up as you, Robusta, and are thankful for it. Never a charge that I'm aware of and each month I get a listing of all charges for prescriptions showing what I paid, Medicare paid, and my insurance paid. Same for visits to physicians. Some of the prices seem outrageous but I usually only get a $10 co-pay.
 
Huh? Who’s paying for this? I thought that was part of a pharmacists job, to discuss, review and educate their patients. This also is why it’s so vital that the docs you see are aware of ALL the meds a patient takes, etc.
 
I would gladly have my insurance pay for a pharmacist who watched out for me. I've always relied on pharmacists for the kind of commonsense knowledge not often found in doctors' offices. One time I was prescribed a sulfa drug for a UTI and I was grateful to the pharmacist for warning me that my urine would turn bright red, then gradually look normal again. That was apparently too real world for my doctor to be concerned about.
 
I am happy about this service, too -- I have a couple of very significant drug allergies and the pharmacist has alerted a couple of times that, although the drug prescribed wasn't the specific drug I'm allergic to, it was in the same family and close enough to the drug I'm allergic to that it should not be prescribed to me. Pharmacists know a heck of a lot more about drugs than doctors do and that knowledge can save your life.
 


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