LAC 50:XXIX.947. Payments to Dispensing Physician

A. Payment will be made for medications dispensed by a physician on a continuing basis only when his main office is more than five miles from a facility which dispenses drugs. 1. Under the above circumstances, vendor payments (when the treating prescriber dispenses his own medications and bills Medical Assistance Program under his own name will be made on the same basis as a pharmacist as specified in §945.A.1-2. B. A prescriber who has a sub-office in an area more than five miles from a pharmacy or other facility dispensing medications will not be paid for medications he dispenses if his main office is within five miles of a pharmacy or other facility dispensing medications. C. When a prescriber bills Medicaid for medications he dispenses, he shall certify that he himself, or a pharmacist, dispensed the medications and he shall maintain the same records as required of the pharmacist.