Compounded medications

These services may or may not be covered by all CoOportunity Health plans. Please see your plan documents for your own coverage information. If there is a difference between this general information and your plan documents, your plan will be used to determine your coverage.

Administrative process

Compounded medications billed at costs over $200 require prior authorization for medical necessity from Pharmacy Administration. Compound products prescribed for self-administration must be billed on the pharmacy claims system.

Compound medications must contain at least one ingredient that is a legend drug to be considered a covered benefit by the health plan. Coverage is provided for compounds when they are used in accordance with FDA-approved indications, supported uses, and routes of administration found in approved compendia or other currently accepted practice guidelines.

Compounded medications are created when two or more drugs are combined into a new product.

Compounding is a practice in which a licensed pharmacist, a licensed physician, or in the case of an outsourcing facility, a person under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, combines, mixes, or alters ingredients of a drug to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient.

If available, codes are listed below for informational purposes only, and do not guarantee member coverage or provider reimbursement. The list may not be all-inclusive.

  

This information is for most, but not all, CoOportunity Health plans. Please read your plan documents to see if your plan has limits or will not cover some items. If there is a difference between this general information and your plan documents, your plan documents will be used to determine your coverage.

CoOportunity Health has contracted with HealthPartners Administrators, Inc. to provide claims processing, medical management and certain other administrative services.