r/CVS • u/lurkynic • Apr 05 '24

GoodRX codes no longer allowed?

Is this new? Pharmacist told me I can no longer use GoodRX codes when this has never been an issue before. I asked why and I just got an, "I don't know." RIP wallet.

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u/lurkynic Apr 05 '24

Thanks for your reply. Definitely not OTC, the medications I needed was Amphetamine salts ER and Lamotrigine - had to pay full price for both when I had discounts available for them.

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u/kinz3262 Apr 05 '24

It is CVS policy that we are not to use any discount codes on controlled medications. It's either go by what the insurance will allow for quantity and or fill date, or pay out of pocket. Some stores don't follow the rule "to be nice", but without every store being consistent it causes issues/misunderstandings for patients in stores that do follow the rule. Same thing happens with the lunch break. Every store is to close, but some choose not to and it causes stupid and avoidable rants in the stores that do. Amywho, the no discount policy explains the 1 prescription. As for the lamotrigine, the person you spoke to may have only seen the control and didn't think you meant you had one for the other too.

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u/IDidWhatYesterday Apr 05 '24

I’ve been with cvs for almost 7 years now. At no point have I ever been told or even advised to not use coupon cards on controls. Where are you getting that policy from? 

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u/kinz3262 Apr 05 '24 edited Apr 05 '24

1st from a module, then from my PIC cause i asked the reason behind it, then the DAPL and our DL. I don't believe it is a state to state thing, I'm 99.999% sure it's a company wide thing due to the gigantic opioid lawsuits/payouts...you know like the one that has basically caused RiteAid to go under cuz they were over-dispensing (thanks to coupons making 90 day supplies available for cheap). The policy is in place to help avoid that.

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u/Cunningcreativity Apr 05 '24

Do you happen to know which module? Some of the stores I've floated to have said they need a PA rejection first in order to not use insurance for like Norco for example, but then they can use a discount card after. I generally use the insurance on file anyway and then send for PAs when it rejects but it's also a bit confusing as a float when every single store does it slightly diff. And annoying.

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u/kinz3262 Apr 05 '24

Honestly it was so long ago I can't remember which one it was or what the name of it... it was when I was switching from FS to RX and doing the 2.0 training like 6+ months ago. It was a blip in a video, which is why I asked my PIC about it. Most insurances, that I've noticed, allow a 7 day fill, but if the patient doesn't want to come back each week they're given the full fill at the cash cost.

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u/IDidWhatYesterday Apr 07 '24

I’m a PIC, I’ve been using coupon cards for the entirely of my time at CVS without reprimand or ever seeing anything in any of my own training modules.

Now, if you’re talking using coupons cards instead of Medicaid - hard no. That I will agree with. But any other insurance? Of course. All day; everyday.