<p>Is it possible for his physician at home to give him a 90 day supply of his meds? This would allow him time to find a physician and make an appointment. </p>
<p>Has he asked his current doctor if he has a colleague in your son’s new area? Doctor’s attend meeting and meet others from all over, or have friends from medical school and residency. When one of my husband’s patients moves, he usually tries to give the patient a name in the area.</p>
<p>Thanks for the good suggestions – especially about practical matters like a 90-day supply of medication and a referral to a doctor in the new area. I’ve learned a lot by reading this thread. When I started it, my mind was on the difficulties that my son might encounter with his employer, but you’ve taught me some good ideas to share with him about dealing with the health care professionals as well.</p>
<p>Many insurance will only pay for 30 days’ supply of medication at one time, but some will pay for 90 days if you order online.Check with his new insurance.</p>
<p>^^ I was about to say what cbreeze said. Unless you have set up online ordering, insurance companies tend to balk at 90 day supplies. That would be too easy.</p>
<p>The other problem is young people are in a deductible even once they are covered, and are hesitant to go and incur the expense. I had to scrounge around under our sinks to find my son some inhalers because he didn’t want to take the financial hit of going to a doc just to get a scrip for the inhalers. </p>
<p>However, he DID find an opthamologist for a chelazion (sp?) on his lower eyelid after Dr. Mom (not…) correctly diagnosed it while we visited him at Easter. I was shocked that he acted immediately, especially since it was going to involve potentially painful treatment. </p>
<p>I do give advice and even help out financially on occasion. I don’t feel like I am helicoptoring. My helicoptor got shot out of the sky about the time my kids went off to boarding school. (the exception was the college application process for WildChild- my kids still joke about my accordian file with the slots for all the schools…)</p>
<p>As a parent I don’t have a problem with helping either of my kids since we have the financial resources and I don’t see any signs of either of them depending on us or taking advantage of us. D and her H live in our city, and we frequently treat them to dinner, so paying for a few things for our son just doesn’t seem out of line to me.</p>
<p>While you may not be able to a 90 prescription, your son should be able to get an Rx with refills unless it is a controlled substance like ADHD medication. My son’s doctor would post date his Rx and give him 3 months worth. He has to be seen every 3 months to continue getting a new Rx, but so far that has worked out as he is in medical school just a couple hours away from home.</p>
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That surprises me. Our insurance is the opposite. For any sort of repeat prescriptions we have to get a 90 day prescription from an online supplier. The only time we can buy prescriptions not online is one off prescriptions like an antibiotics, or the first time we get a prescription if it is going to be a repeat one.</p>
<p>Yes- you HAVE to do it online. That’s what I’m saying. The doctor can’t just give you a scrip and off you go to the pharmacy for your 90 days of pills.</p>
<p>But we are not allowed to even get the 30 day prescriptions (unless it is the first time we have had the prescription). </p>
<p>My husbands prescription costs are so high (our share is several thousand - wonderful Med D program) that I tend to ask the doc to prescribe me stuff I can get for $10 for 90 days at Walmart.</p>
<p>Another suggestion, Have DS ask employer or other staff for local referrals.If boss or manager makes the referral, they will be invested in the meeting.</p>
<p>I’ve also had local MD order for first month.</p>
<p>My insurance co. also forced me to take the 90 days mail-order prescriptions. I felt bad about taking my local pharmacy out of the loop/business.</p>
<p>Okay, DH and I now have 38 employees. If someone says, even in their first week on the job, that they need an hour or two off for a doctor’s appt, we can make it happen (but they lose the pay for those hours, because they don’t have any accrued vacation time). However, it’s certainly easier if they schedule their appts for early or late. </p>
<p>I agree that it’s a bad idea to miss work during the first few months–but surely the doctor can call in a prescription if it’s a regular refill? If it’s not a regular refill, find a time outside of business hours. Use urgent care clinics in the early AM or the evening.</p>
<p>In our office, if you’re out for a couple of hours for a doctor’s appointment, you just have to make up the time within that pay period. </p>
<p>Marian, does your S have copies of his medical records for a new doc? Sometimes docs are reluctant to prescribe some meds if they haven’t seen that patient previously. Having documentation that S has been taking medication X for the past Y months/years may smooth things out with the new doc.</p>
<p>That’s a good point, Counting Down. I will remind him to get his medical records from his current physician.</p>