An update! Finally! I've been busy absorbing my greatness at gaining the CPhT title, as well as taking a well-deserved vacation. In the past 2 weeks, I've worked a total of 5 out of 14 days. Not shabby!
The beginning of the year has gone fairly smooth. I've not had too many expired insurance policies popping up. I also haven't seen too many insurance lines going down yet. My single complaint is that it appears that approximately a quarter of my patients who have coverage through plans served by Medco have varied from the 1000000000001-style ID numbers, and now have ID numbers starting with 600, and some weird group number that ends in PDP, and they aren't even Medicare plans. None of these Medco plans with these weird ID numbers and group numbers have sent out their new cards, it appears, because everyone we dealt with in the past 2 days said they'd received such cards. All I have to say, though, is that the Medco hotline has a great automated system to deal with this.
Honestly, as I've been out of the game for so long, I really don't have much to say. I'm sure the next few weeks will garner many more amusing anecdotes to post, but for now, I guess I'm done.
I've been a pharmacy technician for over three years, so I've amassed quite a few stories over the years. This is my little place to talk about it - the good, the bad, the ugly, the illegal, the disgusting, the ridiculously stupid, and everything in between. Basically? The (mis)adventures of a CPhT in the trenches of retail pharmacy.
About me & HIPAA
I'm a pharmacy tech working for a major retail chain. Most days, as of the past 6 months, I absolutely hate my job and wish I was somewhere else, but at the same time, someone can come in and change my entire day. This blog is where I'll attempt self-therapy, before I have a complete breakdown, and hopefully relay some humorous and/or informative anecdotes.
Also, so as to not get sued if someone were to figure out exactly who I am, where I work, etc, and try to hold it against me, I'm never going to use real names. If I do decide to use names, they won't be the patient's true names. I may use approximate ages and such, but I'm planning to adhere to HIPAA, as I really do like being a technician, and really don't want to lose my job anytime soon.
Lastly -- if you have questions, comments, or a topic you think I should go off on a tangent on, my e-mail is angryrxtech@gmail.com, because the idiots I wait on sometimes just really piss me off.
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