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Related: About this forumCalifornia Improves Access to HIV Prevention Pill (APLA)
California Improves Access to HIV Prevention PillImportant new tool in fighting AIDS, Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may be up to 99% effective in preventing new infections
Friday, April 18, 2014 Three leading California AIDS organizations AIDS Project Los Angeles, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and Project Inform in San Francisco today applauded Californias Medi-Cal program for easing access to a well-established AIDS medication that has been proven to prevent HIV infection in at risk individuals.
The action lifts a requirement that doctors complete an authorization request when prescribing PrEP for HIV negative individuals. PrEP is the brand drug Truvada, an AIDS drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences in Foster City, CA. The action is effective immediately and will be published in Medi-Cals June Provider Bulletin.
Many in the HIV/AIDS community consider PrEP a groundbreaking HIV prevention tool. The authorization request is considered an obstacle for both doctors and patients. With Medi-Cals action, doctors will now be able to prescribe the drug for men and women who test HIV negative and indicate that they are at risk of infection through HIV exposure.
The Medi-Cal ruling is a game changer in HIV prevention, said AIDS Project Los Angeles Executive Director Craig E. Thompson. Appropriate access to PrEP through Medi-Cal provides us with another intervention along with safer sex and condom use to reduce the number of new HIV infections.
Medi-Cals action also brings an element of health equity to the programs low-income beneficiaries, Thompson said. Private insurance plans have been covering PrEP for some time, often without prior authorization.
http://www.apla.org/news-and-multimedia/news/press-releases/california-improves-access-to.html
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California Improves Access to HIV Prevention Pill (APLA) (Original Post)
pinto
Apr 2014
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,694 posts)1. The ounce of prevention! Good for Medi-Cal. n/t
pinto
(106,886 posts)2. Yeah. Good to see. CA is expanding it's overall healthcare system. Utilizing new Medicaid funds.
It boggles me how some states opted out of the opportunity to garner and implement more funding for local / state health care programs.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)3. Do you think Hobby Lobby will be against this drug???