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c/insurancefights·posted 4 days ago by u/vikram_mbeki

[Denied] reason code says "not medically necessary" at BMI 38. sure.

Denied

Been lurking in c/glp1eu for about 14 months and finally have something worth posting.

Short version: week 96, 1.7mg, and formulary is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 35 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle.

What I actually want to know is whether the people saying it does not matter have measured it, or whether it is just repeated confidently. Happy to be told I am overthinking this — I probably am — but I would rather overthink it now than at week 7.

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u/gustav_vermeulen8 points·4 days ago

The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.

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u/tuva_kirchner5 points·4 days ago

prior auth criteria are state-specific, copay differs

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u/edit_for_clarity7 points·3 days ago

Yeah, the denial code matters, it tells you what to fight.

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u/formulary_fighterMOD4 points·3 days ago·edited

Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.

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u/vikram_mbekiOP2 points·2 days ago

External review overturned the denial. Took 14 weeks but the process exists.

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u/plain_titration_20244 points·3 days ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/oskar_kaufmann4 points·3 days ago

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/marta_vanhecke2 points·3 days ago

external review is the appeal after insurance says no

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u/vikram_mbeki1 point·3 days ago

Which state? Coverage varies.

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u/valeria_grimaldi1 point·3 days ago·edited

Did you get step therapy or outright denial?

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u/step_therapy_s0 points·3 days ago

appeal letter templates are in the wiki

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u/canada_coverage-21 points·3 days ago

Titration speed is a side-effect dial far more than an efficacy dial.

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u/bence_zielinski1 point·3 days ago

say which country and which plan type

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