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Podcast: Clinician's Roundtable
Episode: Prescriptions for OTC Drugs? New Rules for Flexible Spending Accounts
Description:
Guest: Roland Goertz, MD
Host: Bruce Japsen
If patients take advantage of flexible spending accounts to help pay for their medical care, the health reform law is triggering some changes for them and doctor practices. Most notably, over the counter items like pain relievers and allergy meds will require a prescription. Host Bruce Japsen talks with Dr. Roland Goertz, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians about how patients and their doctors can prepare for these health reform law changes.