MAC

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In a message dated 4/23/01 7:03:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

bfrey97147@... writes:

<< Gail,

There is a list that focuses on the methods in Mac's

book.

It's a group called Communicating.

I have the book you mentioned and found it maybe minimally helpful.

Craig can be very hard to engage. For example, he much prefers his videos

and playing on the computer alone to interacting with others. If I try to

play a game with him, he tells me " by self. "

The Mac book stresses making comments instead of asking

questions to get more speech and language from your child. I have tried

this

with Craig with no luck. Maybe if we'd known about this type of therapy

when

Craig was much younger it would have helped more. Bev

>>

Thanks Bev,

I did join his list and I am seeing wonderful progress with Seth. I know it

all can't be his just changing with age, because it started the same time we

started this method. Seth is very hard to engage too, but I think because I

can put him in the carseat or stroller and he has no choice to push me away

or leave, he is learning to accept me *in his face* so to speak. LOL I too,

think it is helpful that Seth is still young and I can physically control him

better. Give it another year or two of weight and height, and I don't think

I would be able to engage him in anything he didn't want to do! LOL My

instincts tell me I'm on the right road, so I will stay on it and see what

happens. Bev, wish Seth could tell me * by self* LOL Well, I wish it now,

but if or when he gets to that level, I'll change my tune! LOL

Gail

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Hi Jeanetta,

I was in a hurry and forgot to type out the MAC question. Here it is:

The MAC cost in a third party contract is:

a. Average wholesale price used to determine charges on prescription

b. Maximum amount of reimbursement available for medications

c. Late penalty charges for claims submitted past a specific date

d. Online computer transmission charge for each processed medication

I know the MAC is the Maximum Available Cost. It is the max a third party is

willing to pay for a prescription. ( is the only one with the word Maximum in

it, but I don't like that word " reimbursement " . I don't think it is any of the

other ones though. Will you tell me what you think? Thanks so much!

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Dear ,

 

I HAVE to agree with you that the best answer is b.

But I too do not agree with the wording of reimbursement. Not sure that I would

not write a book with this possible answer. 

 

Reimbursement conjurs up the thought of a patient paid for the full amount and

some amount is going to be paid back by the insurance company.

 

What I would say is the answer should read the maximum allowable cost that an

insurance would pay the pharmacy for a dispensed prescription.

 

The pharmacy paid or it cost the pharmacy $20 but the MAC is only $13 so the

pharmacy will get $13 (or be reimbursed $13) but loose $7. By law the pharmacy

cannot ask the patient for this money.

 

MAIC while we are at it is the maximum allowable ingredient cost when

compounding is done with bulk ingredients.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Jeanetta Mastron

From: jennkon86 <jennkon86@...>

Subject: MAC

Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 12:20 PM

Hi Jeanetta,

I was in a hurry and forgot to type out the MAC question.  Here it is:

The MAC cost in a third party contract is:

a. Average wholesale price used to determine charges on prescription

b. Maximum amount of reimbursement available for medications

c. Late penalty charges for claims submitted past a specific date

d. Online computer transmission charge for each processed medication

I know the MAC is the Maximum Available Cost.  It is the max a third party is

willing to pay for a prescription.  ( is the only one with the word Maximum in

it, but I don't like that word " reimbursement " .  I don't think it is any of the

other ones though.  Will you tell me what you think?  Thanks so much!

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