How to initiate Electronic Prior Authorization (EPA)?

How to Initiate EPA?

After logging into the application for a benefit patient:

• Search for the drug.
• Fill in the prescription details.
• If a prescriber wants to initiate a prescription for an electronic prior authorization, the prescriber can enable the “Initiate Electronic Prior Authorization” checkbox.
• The prescriber can set a high priority for this EPA process by selecting the Priority Indicator checkbox.
• Click the Confirm Prescription button.

• Click the Send to Pharmacy button.

• The Prescription Status window will display a message that “Required EPA prescription added to Holding queue”.
• Click the Close button.

• Go to the EPA Holding Queue tab.
• Here, all the EPA required prescriptions will be added.
• Click on the View button.
• The report of EPA initialized prescriptions will be available.

• Initial status of the prescription is InProgress-Initialized.
• Click on the status link to see the status details.

• Initial PA status is InProgress-Initialized.
• Click the Close button.