Monday, July 28, 2014

In case you missed it…. Why we fill out prior authorization forms for colchicine….

by Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD


I recently finished several weeks of outpatient attending and spent a good bit of time filling out prior authorization forms for medications not covered under the formulary of our insurers.  Many of these “prior auths” were for colchicine – or more correctly for the new brand name drug Colcrys.