Why endorse the Washington State Preferred Drug List?

• Endorsement is required to participate in the Orthopedic and Neurological Surgeon Quality Pilot.
• Reduces your administrative burden. (See flow chart.)
• Authorization is not required to prescribe a non-preferred drug.

Why prescribe preferred drugs in formulary?

• Reduce your administrative burden.
• Do not require preauthorization.
• Patients can get their prescriptions faster.

Who do you call to obtain approval for non-preferred drugs?

Preferred Drug List hotline at 1-888-443-6798.

What are the preferred drugs in the therapeutic interchange program?

You can go to our Preferred Drug List site.

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For more information:
Drug formulary (163 KB PDF).
L&I's Pharmacy Services.

For more information about this pilot, e-mail ONSQualityPilot@LNI.wa.gov.