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1. Exactly Which Medications Am I Required To Have CampMeds Dispense?
· ALL medication in pill form except the following pills which cannot be
packaged; any dissolvable pill, Accutane.
· For camps that require ALL medicine to be dispensed by CampMeds
, meds that are NOT in pill form (liquids, inhalers, etc) will be dispensed
accordingly and sent to camp as well. You may bring injections to camp.
· Most camps will stock drugs such as Tylenol, Benadryl, etc.
- you do not need to have
CampMeds
dispense those items that your camp stocks if they are only taken “as needed”.
· If your camper is on herbal or specialty vitamins, please contact CampMeds
to determine if they can be packaged.
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2. How Can I Be Sure The Meds Will Be Packaged Exactly The Way My Child
Takes Them??
It is your responsibility to check that the written prescription is written
correctly. If the med is to be taken daily, the prescription should be written
for every day with the time of day, such as morning, with lunch, etc. If the
med is to be given at bedtime, the prescription must specify.
If a prescription is written as “once a day” with no specific time frame,
the med will be packaged for the am.
If the med is taken only “as needed” (
PRN),
the prescription must be written to specify only as needed. We will not send a
refill for a med that is written “as needed” (
PRN),
unless the nurse requests a refill.
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3. Can The Pharmacy Accept My Insurance?
The pharmacy is contracted with most insurance plans however, until you submit
your registration form with a copy of your insurance card, your plan cannot be
verified for billing. We will contact you if the pharmacy is not on your plan.
In the rare instance the pharmacy cannot accept your insurance; you may choose
to give authorization to charge your credit card for the meds. You will not
be required to participate in the CampMeds program if your insurance
will not pay for medications dispensed by our pharmacy. Any credit
card charges from the pharmacy will appear as a separate charge after your
child begins camp.
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4. I Can Only Refill My Child’s Medication When He Is Down To His Last
Pill. How Can The Pharmacy Send The Meds To The Camp So Far In Advance?
We do not bill your insurance until the day your child begins camp, even though
we send the meds prior to their arrival. If our billing date does NOT coincide
with your refill date, the pharmacy will then hold on to the claim form until
the appropriate date to resubmit the claim for reimbursement. If your child
attends camp longer than 30 days and needs an additional shipment of meds sent
to camp, those meds will be billed 30 days after the initial billing went
through. PLEASE NOTE: Since we do not bill your insurance
until your child is at camp, you may refill your child’s meds anytime before
camp if necessary. Our billing may be delayed if you refilled shortly before
camp. Please be aware that co pay charges to your credit card may not
appear until your child returns from camp.
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5. My Child Goes To Camp For Less Than 30 Days. Why Can’t You Send Meds
For the Exact Days of Camp?
Most
insurance plans only reimburse for 30 days of meds per month, and you the
insured, usually pay a co pay for each 30 day supply of meds. If we dispense
anything less than a 30 day supply, you would have to pay an additional co-pay
for the remaining medicine needed for the rest of the month. Also for this
reason, we send 2 /30 day supplies of meds to camp, even if your child attends
50 days of camp. If we send a 30 day supply and the following month only a 20
day supply, you will pay another co pay for the remaining 10 days of the month.
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6. What If I Pay One Co Pay For A 90-Day Supply Of Meds? What if I use a
Mail Order Pharmacy?
Usually our pharmacy can only dispense a 30-day supply of meds. Please notify
CampMeds if you have a 90-day plan or use a Mail Order
Pharmacy.
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7. Will Non-Prescriptions Cost The Same As I Pay At My Pharmacy?
The pharmacy is competitive in pricing however, there is no way to know if you
will pay a few dollars more, or a few dollars less.
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8. Can A Half Of A Pill Be Packaged?
Yes.
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9.
My Child Takes A Different Dose Of The Same Medicine Every
Other Day. Can It Be Packaged That Way?
Yes.
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10. Will The Pharmacy Dispense Generic Or Brand?
Unless the prescription SPECIFIES “Brand only” or “Do Not Substitute” or
"Medically Necessary", the pharmacy will dispense generic. It is your
responsibility to confirm the prescription is written correctly. Many insurance
plans only pay for generic.
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11. My Child Attends Camp For More Than 30 Days. Do I Need More Than One
Prescription?
Only if your child takes a “controlled substance”, an
additional prescription for a 30 day supply of meds is required. It is against
the law for a “controlled substance” to be refilled without an
original prescription. All other meds can be written with refills. All
prescriptions for the child’s camp stay should be received by CampMeds
at the same time.
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12. How Do I Get My Physician To Prescribe More Than One Month For A
Controlled Substance?
Please visit our website at
www.CampMeds.com
for a detailed letter you may give your physician on controlled substance
prescriptions to be dispensed by the
CampMeds
pharmacy. You may also explain that although we request that two separate 30
day prescriptions be written at the same time, they will only be dispensed one
month at a time. The physician need
NOT post-date the prescription.
For example, if on May 5th your child has a Dr’s appt. and needs a
prescription for Concerta 36mg while away at camp for 7 weeks, the physician
may write two separate prescriptions
for 30 days each,
both dated May 5th, OR both prescriptions can be written with
different dates.
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