WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | State limiting some Medicaid patients to 1 pharmacy
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Officials hope the effort will curb narcotic abuse and save money. The state's Medicaid agency announced this week it's expanding the "pharmacy lock-in" after a pilot project saved taxpayers $6,700 per patient in just nine months.
A state Department of Health and Human Services spokesman says a lack of communication between doctors and pharmacies can allow patients to either overmedicate or stock up on pills to sell. But Jeff Stensland says medication can be better tracked by a single pharmacy.
The 48 adults initially enrolled saved the state more than $321,500. Savings included fewer filled prescriptions and hospital visits.
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