Get Formulary Exception Letter

Most plans require that your doctor submit a formulary exception on your behalf. The doctor will need to send paperwork to your health plan indicating the reason that you can't take the preferred medications and must have one that is not currently on the formulary.

What Are Prior Authorization and the Formulary Exception Process? The term “prior authorization” may also refer to a commonly used managed care strategy called the “formulary exception process,” which allows exceptions to a plan's formulary (see A M C P 's Concept Series paper, Form u l a ry Management).

If you need a drug that is not on your health plan's formulary, you must get your plan's approval or pay for the drug yourself. Your doctor should ask the plan for approval. In certain cases, a health plan may be required to cover a drug that is not on your plan's formulary.

A tiering exception is a type of coverage determination used when a medication is on a plan's formulary but is placed in a nonpreferred tier that has a higher co-pay or co-insurance. Plans may make a tier exception when the drug is demonstrated to be medically necessary.

A formulary exception should be requested to obtain a Part D drug that is not included on a plan sponsor's formulary, or to request to have a utilization management requirement waived (e.g., step therapy, prior authorization, quantity limit) for a formulary drug.

A formulary exception should be requested to obtain a Part D drug that is not included on a plan sponsor's formulary, or to request to have a utilization management requirement waived (e.g., step therapy, prior authorization, quantity limit) for a formulary drug.

NON-FORMULARY EXCEPTION CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL The member must have tried at least three alternative formulary medications that have a similar mechanism of action as the requested medication AND the member either did not respond to or did not tolerate the formulary alternative medications.

NON-FORMULARY EXCEPTION CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL The member must have tried at least three alternative formulary medications that have a similar mechanism of action as the requested medication AND the member either did not respond to or did not tolerate the formulary alternative medications.