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State regulators allows Tamiflu to Medicaid children
December 28, 2006
State health-care regulators are now allowing physicians to prescribe
Tamiflu, a flu medication,
to Lee County children on Medicaid without first having to obtain state
approval.
The state decision late Thursday came after reports of a widespread
flu outbreak in Lee
and the need to get treatment to Medicaid children as soon as possible.
The state Agency for Healthcare Administration is telling Lee physicians
they can receive approval to prescribe Tamiflu to needy children in
one hour. Previously, prior authorization could take one day or longer
in order to prescribe the medication and to follow the procedures for
reimbursement.
Source : http://www.naplesnews.com
