Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 40 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part I - Workers' Compensation Administration
Subpart 2 - Medical Guidelines
Chapter 29 - Pharmacy Reimbursement Schedule, Billing Instruction and Maintenance Procedures
Section I-2904 - Prior Authorizations or Restrictions
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. All workers' compensation insurers shall waive time restrictions on prescription medication refills, which include suspension of electronic "refill too soon" edits to pharmacies, to enable insureds or subscribers to refill prescriptions in advance, if there are authorized refills remaining.
B. All workers' compensation insurers shall authorize payment to pharmacies for at least a 30-day supply of any prescription medication, regardless of the date upon which the prescription had most recently been filled by a pharmacist, at any time when the state is declared to be under a state of emergency in an executive order issued by the governor and;
C. Pharmacist may refill most medications, one time, with a 30-day supply, even though the pharmacist cannot reach the patient's physician.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1203.1.