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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 19:35:43 GMT -5
Fyi...my doctor friend will prescribe afrezza off label. Also says mnkd cares is working great. Just writes prescription and hands off to mnkd cares. They do the rest...Samples, insurance, questions, and following u Does your doc have a specific patient criteria that he rx's afrezza to? ( like non compliant , high a1c ? ) or he would need patient pull?
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Post by mannmade on Sept 6, 2016 20:51:12 GMT -5
Fyi...my doctor friend will prescribe afrezza off label. Also says mnkd cares is working great. Just writes prescription and hands off to mnkd cares. They do the rest...Samples, insurance, questions, and following up. saxcmann, really good to hear your story. As it backs up Spiro's account which is important to know as it confirms the consistency of their service and that Spiro was not a one off or that their service is uneven for patients. Al said it best... For me there are four issues that kept retention low as follows: 1. Spirometry 2. Ins 3. Poor understanding of titration and use 4. Doctor education and understanding of real world benefits It appears that 1 & 2 have now been dealt with in a meaningful way. If we can now just get a handle on 3 & 4, (which I am confident Mnkd is doing but I just don't have clear evidence to that effect yet) then Mnkd would really be on their way to success... They seem to have a plan and seem to be executing it.
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Post by saxcmann on Sept 6, 2016 21:37:58 GMT -5
Does your doc have a specific patient criteria that he rx's afrezza to? ( like non compliant , high a1c ? ) or he would need patient pull? He is high prescriber and advocate of afrezza. He doesnt need patient pull. Non compliant and high a1c are criteria but not needed necessarily.
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Post by saxcmann on Sept 6, 2016 21:47:34 GMT -5
Fyi...my doctor friend will prescribe afrezza off label. Also says mnkd cares is working great. Just writes prescription and hands off to mnkd cares. They do the rest...Samples, insurance, questions, and following up. saxcmann, really good to hear your story. As it backs up Spiro's account which is important to know as it confirms the consistency of their service and that Spiro was not a one off or that their service is uneven for patients. Al said it best... For me there are four issues that kept retention low as follows: 1. Spirometry 2. Ins 3. Poor understanding of titration and use 4. Doctor education and understanding of real world benefits It appears that 1 & 2 have now been dealt with in a meaningful way. If we can now just get a handle on 3 & 4, (which I am confident Mnkd is doing but I just don't have clear evidence to that effect yet) then Mnkd would really be on their way to success... They seem to have a plan and seem to be executing it. Insurance about 80% covered right now. Poor understanding of titration and use is biggest issue he says...you can be more aggressive with dosing afrezza. You don't need to be exact with number counting of carbs, etc. More freedom basically.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 15:26:01 GMT -5
I will ask her for the names I know one is in NYC as she is in Princeton. Should help him out
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Post by op2778 on Sept 10, 2016 22:32:38 GMT -5
From Afrezza website: ✞This physician locator tool is provided by MannKind Corp. (“MannKind”) solely to assist you in locating a physician who has experience with AFREZZA. I read in some thread in this board that there are almost 1200 drs registered. Now, I'm wondering: If 20% of them (240 just for this exercise) make just 2 new prescription per week to patients out of control, why scripts are still so Low?
It's seems reasonable just 2 new prescription per week or I'm totally out of my mind?
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Post by nylefty on Sept 10, 2016 23:29:25 GMT -5
From Afrezza website: ✞This physician locator tool is provided by MannKind Corp. (“MannKind”) solely to assist you in locating a physician who has experience with AFREZZA. I read in some thread in this board that there are almost 1200 drs registered. Now, I'm wondering: If 20% of them (240 just for this exercise) make just 2 new prescription per week to patients out of control, why scripts are still so Low? It's seems reasonable just 2 new prescription per week or I'm totally out of my mind? Op When a doc writes a prescription it doesn't immediately show up in the Symphony numbers (and may never show up). There's the insurance hassle to deal with (which often means the prescription is never approved or is finally approved after weeks of back and forth) and then the patient has to get the Rx filled and paid for, all of which takes time. The weekly numbers we see are paid for prescriptions, with the emphasis on paid.Hopefully, the new MannKind Cares operation will improve the insurance situation.
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