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AlvescoMedical 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