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Reduce Utilization Review Delays

Visit L&I’s Treatment Guidelines for information on how to reduce or avoid Utilization Review Delay’s.

Prescription Management

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.

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

Reduce Claim Delay

To reduce your claim delays, follow the suggestions below:

• Put the claim number in the top right corner of all documents.
• Do not use address stamps that are too large for the form.
• Send legible documentation.
• Fully complete the forms.
• Send reports and chart notes separately from bills.

Fax your documents to L&I, because faxed information goes directly to the claim file. You can use any of these fax numbers:

360-902-4292 360-902-4565 360-902-4566 360-902-4567

360-902-5230 360-902-6100 360-902-6252 360-902-6460