Medication Coverage--NP student question

[AGPCNP20]

I just finished my first rotation with a doctor that acted like I was a fly chasing him around. He would get very annoyed at my questions, so I wanted to ask the one I am most confused about here. In the primary care setting how do providers see if a medication is covered by insurance? Is this a function of the EHR? or is there some other way they determine this? I know that all EHR are not created equal. Thank you for any feedback.

[djmatte, ADN, MSN, RN, NP]

2 hours ago, AGPCNP20 said:

I just finished my first rotation with a doctor that acted like I was a fly chasing him around. He would get very annoyed at my questions, so I wanted to ask the one I am most confused about here. In the primary care setting how do providers see if a medication is covered by insurance? Is this a function of the EHR? or is there some other way they determine this? I know that all EHR are not created equal. Thank you for any feedback.

Epic has some functionality to say what is and is not covered. But even that’s limited and often inaccurate. Many EMRs don’t. All insurance companies I’ve worked with post their formularies online.

[AGPCNP20]

Just now, djmatte said:

Epic has some functionality to say what is and is not covered. But even that’s limited and often inaccurate. Many EMRs don’t. All insurance companies I’ve worked with post their formularies online.

Thank you. This is helpful.

[203bravo, MSN, APRN]

Epocrates online has a pretty good formulary that you can use to chose specific insurances.