Medication Refills. Requests for medication refills are processed during normal business hours; not in the evening, on weekends, or holidays. Please be aware that it may take up to 3 business days to have your prescription refilled. Accelerated or after-hours refill requests may incur an additional administrative fee.
Medication Refills. We will supply you with enough medication to last until your next follow-up appointment. If you have rescheduled your follow-up appointment for a later date, please be attentive to your supply of and call for refills at least 3 days before you will run out. If you need a refill, please call your pharmacy. They will send us an electronic refill request. At the discretion of your provider, refill requests for controlled substances may not be approved on weekends, after hours or on holidays.
Medication Refills. It is of utmost concern to PPP that we refill your medications in a timely manner. It is our policy to give enough medications and refills until the next upcoming appointment, it is the patient’s responsibility to keep up with appointments to obtain enough medication on time. To minimize eros and for your safety, we discourage medication refills between scheduled appointments. In the event that you must obtain medication refills before our next appointment, we recommend that you call your pharmacy at least 3 business days before you expect to run out of medications and ask the pharmacy to fax us medication refill requests. Our clinician will refill medications enough only to cover until the patient’s next scheduled appointment. We expect to have a standing appointment in the near future before providing medication refills. We do not, as a rule, prescribe stimulants, benzodiazepines, or other controlled medications without evaluating the patient via a scheduled appointment. It is up to the practice and the prescribers discretion as to whether or not a controlled substance will be available for refill without a scheduled appointment. Occasionally, a police report may need to be filed in the event of a controlled medication loss or if diversion/abuse is suspected. Our clinicians may decline to refill any medication if they believe it is clinically necessary to evaluate the patient in person before prescribing the medication. Patient/Guardian Initials: The CSPMP will be checked routinely as per the AZ prescribing guidelines. Stimulants, sedatives/hypnotics, benzodiazepines are only prescribed if the prescriber decides that they are medically appropriate. If you are already on medication belonging to the above mentioned categories, your current provider will need to provide the medication until your provider at PPP has decided it is medically appropriate for your treatment. The clinician at PPP reserves the right to decline prescription of the above mentioned classes of medications if it is not deemed medically appropriate regardless of if the patient has been on the medication in the past or is currently being prescribed by an alternative facility/clinician. Additionally, the clinician at PPP reserves the right to decline prescription of the above mentioned classes of medications if it appears to be harmful to your physical and/or mental health, regardless of how long you have been on the medication or if it had been prescribed in the past. There will be times...
Medication Refills. I understand, acknowledge, and agree that in order to have medication refilled, I must attend an in-person visit at Sugarloaf Medical. I understand, acknowledge, and agree that if I miss an appointment, to promote the safety of Sugarloaf Medical patients, Sugarloaf Medical will not grant refills. For the convenience of our patients, patients may obtain a medication refill by: o contacting the office directly via phone call, o logging into the secure patient portal, or
Medication Refills a. Requests may be made only during regular office hours, Monday through Friday, during my scheduled monthly office visit. I understand that I must contact my provider two business days (48 hours) prior to running out of my medication, and that I must come to the office to pick up my written prescription.
b. Requests will not be honored on nights, weekends, and holidays.
c. Requests will not be honored if I run out early, lose a prescription or spill/misplace medications.
d. If I need assistance with my prescriptions, I agree to call the office at least 72 hours ahead.
e. I acknowledge that only written prescriptions will be given, and that no narcotic prescriptions will be telephoned to the pharmacy.
Medication Refills. We do not want you to run out of your medications. Before you do, we ask that you notify your pharmacist to fax us a “refill request” to 000-000-0000. Please allow 3-4 working days for us to approve your request for ad- ditional medications. Please make an appointment if you have any forms that will require our doctors to fill out. Most forms require an evaluation and possible laboratory testing to com- plete. These include physical examination forms, sports physicals, and disability forms. There may be additional fees if more time outside of the visit is necessary. We are concerned about your health. In order for us to provide the best possible quality of care for you, we will need your cooperation in keeping your scheduled ap- pointments, making follow up appointments, scheduling annual physical exams, and completing tests ordered for you. Please review the Patient Responsibilities form for details.
Medication Refills. I agree to keep and to be on time for all of my scheduled appointments with my provider in order to receive refills of controlled substances. If an appointment cannot be kept, I agree to contact my provider 48 hours prior to my appointment. No refills will be granted if not seen within a maximum of12 months. • Unless requesting medications during your office visit, all requests should be made to your pharmacy. If for some reason your pharmacy requests that you contact your provider, requests may be made only during regular office hours, Monday through Friday. Requests will not be honored on nights, weekends, or holidays. • I understand that I must contact my pharmacy or provider 3-7 days prior to running out of my medication. All prescriptions will be electronically prescribed. If a paper prescription is issued at provider discretion, my provider is not responsible for any lost or stolen prescriptions. A replacement prescription may or may not be granted at the discretion of the provider. • Early refills will generally not be granted for any reason including, but not limited to theft, loss, damage unless an exception is warranted by your provider. • I understand that if I am arrested and/or incarcerated my provider may no longer refill my controlled substances. • I agree to use one pharmacy only and to always inform my provider of any change in pharmacy.
Medication Refills. It is your responsibility to inform me if you are in need of a refill on your medication. This is best done during your session and will save you a $25 charge for medication refill requests outside of the appointment. I do set aside a percentage of my practice for providing psychiatric care for lower income individuals based on sliding scale Your insurance carrier may reimburse you for payments even though I am considered an "out of network" provider. If you wish to seek reimbursement from your insurance carrier I will provide you with a signed receipt for services which contains what would reasonably be expected to be the information necessary for your insurance carrier to process your reimbursement. Clients are responsible for the disclosure of the information contained on such a receipt and for completing any relevant insurance claim form, submitting such claim, and directly seeking reimbursement from their insurance carrier. When you schedule an appointment, you are reserving time. Any missed appointment or cancellation with less than 24 notice may be charged the full cash rate. Exceptions are at discretion of IBC. Please note that insurance plans do not pay for missed appointments. These charges will be entirely your responsibility. Therapy may be discontinued with individuals with a pattern of frequent cancelations.
Medication Refills. Medication refills are done during appointment time only so that your response to the medication(s) can be properly assessed. Prescriptions will be written with enough refills to last until your next appointment. We recommend scheduling your next appointment at the end of each session so that we can be sure you are following your treatment plan and also so you do not run out of medication. These strict policies primarily reflect my concern for my clients' well-being. Self-assessment of psychiatric symptoms can be difficult and requires quite a bit of practice and feedback, especially early in treatment. We recommend scheduling your next appointment at the end of each follow-up appointment as our schedule fills up quickly. If something unexpected occurs and you run out of medication before your next scheduled follow-up, please call or message our office ASAP to request a refill. Do not contact the pharmacy as this can cause delays. Please allow up to 5 business days for the refill to be approved by insurance, if appropriate. Controlled substances cannot be refilled without an appointment.
Medication Refills. Ensuring that you do not run out of medication between appointments is a shared responsibility between us. Whenever possible, it is best that new prescriptions be provided at the session in person. However, if you are running low on medications between visits please contact me at least five days before running out. Medication refill requests should be handled by calling the office front desk staff. When calling the office for prescriptions, please include the following: - Your date of birth - Your pharmacy’s phone number - Your phone number - The full medication name - The dose of the medication - The exact manner in which you take the medication As I am a solo private practitioner, I do not have access to 24-hour crisis management services. If you feel that you may need access to such a service, or have utilized similar services in the past, working with an agency, which has comprehensive coverage, may be preferable for you. I do make every effort to be available to my clients whenever there is an urgent situation. If you do need to reach me during a crisis, I recommend the following: - Contact my clinic at 000-000-0000 and inform the front desk staff that you need to reach me urgently - After business hours and on weekends you may reach me via cell phone at 000-000-0000 - If you still have not reached me, please call 911 if the matter involves safety My practice operates on a fee-for-service basis. This means that your fee for each visit will be due at each session. I accept cash, personal checks, as well as most major credit cards. Initial Evaluation: $300 Follow-up, 50 minutes: $200 (therapy-only), $225 (therapy + medication management) Follow-up, 20-30 minutes: $125 Writing of reports, letters: $200/hour Telephone Calls: No fee for brief phone calls. Calls greater than 10 minutes will be billed at the hourly rate Legal Services: Please contact me for fees I do not participate in any insurance networks. I find that involving insurance companies directly in psychiatric care compromises the quality of the service and the privacy of clients. If you wish, I can provide an invoice at the end of our sessions providing the appropriate CPT and ICD codes. Many of my clients are able to get a significant percentage of visits covered through their insurance. However, any reimbursement you pursue through your insurance company is solely your responsibility.
