Under the law, doctors would need permission to prescribe a drug not on the formulary.
Many doctors will end up prescribing only those items on the formulary".
The drug has to be on what is called "the formulary," a list that managed care groups approve.
Because the formulary is obscure in most cases, doctors write prescriptions for drugs that they perceive work better or for which they have free samples.
Doctors are discouraged from writing prescriptions for drugs not on the formulary; they must justify such prescriptions and seek prior approval from the state Medicaid program.
Advocates for Medicaid recipients and the drug industry both expressed concern about the Florida program, saying the formulary could deprive patients of some drugs they need.
To learn how the drugs you take are reimbursed, go to your insurer's Web site and print out the formulary, the list of drugs they cover.
In 362, with his authority renewed, he received some Eastern bishops and had them profess the Nicene faith and anathematize the formulary of Rimini.
About five years ago, she said, she helped change the formulary — or list of preferred drugs — for Los Angeles County so that patients in her clinic would get prescriptions for Actos rather than Avandia.
"The Avandia people, it was just so surprising, they asked me what I wanted to keep Avandia on the formulary," Dr. Peters said, recounting events that occurred sometime in the 2000-to-2002 period.
The law, which was passed last May, requires drug companies to give the state rebates beyond those already mandated by Medicaid or establish health management or education programs to be included on the formulary.
