Insurance bastard of the week: InformedRx

Several insurance companies outsource their prescription-denying responsibilities to a third party. These third parties are created to make more red tape to stop or delay patients from getting medication they need. The third parties don't generate revenue. The insurance companies pay them based on the number of medications denied or delayed. InformedRx is one of these third parties.

This week's issue was diabetes test strips. Any diabetic can tell you that the test strips are the most expensive part of preventive care. (They cost a penny or less to make, and they usually sell for about $1 apiece.) The doctor prescribed 100 test strips for a 90-day supply. Test strips are sold in containers of 50 strips. InformedRx denied the claim. They said that they'll allow 81 test strips for 90 days.

Besides not covering the need, I can just imagine some poor pharmacy tech with tweezers trying to remove the extra 19 strips from the container.

Flash Your Fur Friday

Flash Your Fur Friday 2009-09-04
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Man of my dreams

The same man has made an appearance in my dreams for the past three nights.

Mission accomplished

I had an enjoyable day off. I even slept in until 7am!

Did a load of laundry, failed today's sudoku, read some blogs.

We went out to Starbears for awhile, then we walked to the Mission. I bought some sneakers at Skechers at 22nd Street. The shoes are about 10 months overdue. My current work sneaks have holes in them.

We walked towards Valencia and ate at Esperpento. We walked in at 2:50pm, and they stop serving lunch at 3pm. The place was mostly vacated, so we got decent service. I'm usually not a big tapas fan (preferring bottomas), but Steve is. *eye roll* We had patatas bravas (spicy potatoes), ensalada misto, calamari frites, and Bacalao (Salt Cod) Croquettes. A sangria probably would have been nice. Maybe next time. It was all good, especially the Bacalao. I see that Duc Loi sells it, so I might have to get Steve to attempt it.

We then checked out some furniture stores for a kitchen table, then made some purchases at Duc Loi.

Caught the #33 homeward. I saw Mavis & Lucas at Starbears, so I got off at 18th & Castro. Of course, they were leaving as I approached. Spent over an hour with the usual afternoon crowd, then headed home. Did a load and then more laundry. Nice day off.