Alvesco — Medical Mutual
asthma (maintenance treatment)
Preferred products
- Arnuity Ellipta
- Asmanex HFA
- Asmanex Twisthaler
- Qvar RediHaler
Initial criteria
- Patient has tried one preferred product
Reauthorization criteria
- Patient has an atypical diagnosis and/or unique patient characteristics which prevent use of all preferred products; OR
- Patient has a contraindication to all preferred products; OR
- Patient is continuing therapy with the requested non-preferred product after being stable for at least 90 days AND meets ONE of the following:
- 1. Patient has at least 130 days of prescription claims history on file and claims history supports that the patient has received the requested non-preferred product for 90 days within a 130-day look-back period AND there is no generic equivalent available for the requested non-preferred product; OR
- 2. When 130 days of the patient’s prescription claims history file is unavailable, the prescriber must verify that the patient has been receiving the requested non-preferred product for 90 days AND that the patient has been receiving it via paid claims (not samples/coupons/waivers) AND there is no generic equivalent available for the requested non-preferred product
Approval duration
1 year