HAR §12-15-55. Drugs, supplies, and materials

(a) Charges for prescribed drugs, supplies, or materials for the use of the injured employee shall be separately listed and certified by the provider, or a duly authorized representative, that such charges for drugs, supplies, or materials were required and prescribed for the industrial injury. (b) Dietary supplements such as minerals and vitamins shall not be reimbursable unless a specific compensable dietary deficiency has been 32 J ' 9 clinically established in the injured employee as a result of the industrial injury. (c) Payment for prescriptive drugs will be made at the average wholesale price listed in the Red Book plus forty per cent when sold by a physician, hospital, pharmacy, or provider of service other than a physician. Billings for prescriptive drugs must include the national drug code number listed in the current Red Book followed by the average wholesale price listed at time of purchase by the provider of service. Approved generics shall be substituted for brand name pharmaceuticals unless the prescribing physician certifies no substitution is permitted because the injured employee's condition will not tolerate a generic preparation. (d) Payment for supplies, which includes shipping charges, shall not exceed cost plus forty percent Providers are allowed to seek reimbursement for the applicable Hawaii general excise tax. (e) Charges for orthotic, prosthetic, and durable medical equipment include fees for adjusting and fitting services and shall not exceed one hundred ten percent of fees allowed by Medicare's fee schedule for durable medical equipment applicable to Hawaii. Beginning January 1, 2005 and each calendar year thereafter, the Medicare Fee Schedule in effect as of January 1 of that year shall be the effective fee schedule for that calendar year. [Eff 1/1/96; am 12/17/01; am 12/13/04; am 2/28/11; comp DEC 2 7 2025 (Auth: HRS §§386-26, 386-72) (Imp: HRS §§386-21, 386-26) §§12-15-56 to 12-15-79 (Reserved) SUBCHAPTER 4 ADMINISTRATION