Blog
November 14, 2017
Enrollment for ACA Plans Closes December 15
By Jeff Cornett
Enrollment for ACA marketplace plans closes December 15 for insurance coverage that begins on January 1, 2018. Links to the insurers offering ACA plans in Georgia is available here.
November 13, 2017
Great News about Medic Alert®
By Penny Kumpf, BSN, RN-BC, VWD Community Outreach Nurse
As of October 2017, the Medic Alert® Foundation International will no longer be charging annual renewal fees. Now, it’s a onetime cost.
October 12, 2017
Parker's Story
Support Research for a Cure
By Michelle Turkington
Every three days, eight-year-old Parker’s mom helps him inject medicine into one of his veins. Parker has severe hemophilia. Signs of the disorder, which affects the blood’s ability to clot, began appearing when he was an infant. His mother Kristie told us, “As he went on, the bruises just kept coming.” Kristie had no family history and no complications with her first child, so she was stunned to learn she was a carrier for hemophilia. She found out only after Parker’s little brother, Oliver, was diagnosed, too.
October 5, 2017
October is American Pharmacists Month
By Michelle Turkington
October is American Pharmacists Month. Throughout October, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) encourages communities to celebrate pharmacists’ contributions toward improving medication use and advancing patient care.
Thank you to Leigh Carpenter (RPh) and Resham Sahijram (PharmD) and their team for doing a great job for our clients!
#KnowYourPharmacistKnowYourMedicine
October 2, 2017
Prior Authorizations are Becoming the Norm
Leigh Carpenter, RPh, Director of Pharmacy
By Leigh Carpenter, RPh, Director of Pharmacy
Most insurance plans require prior authorizations when filling factor prescriptions. A prior authorization (PA) is a process used by health insurance companies to determine if they will pay for a prescribed procedure, service, or medication. The process is intended to act as a safety and cost-saving measure, although it has received criticism from healthcare providers for being costly and time-consuming.
September 14, 2017
What should I do if I lose power and have factor in the refrigerator?
By Michelle Turkington
During the past hurricane with all the power outages, we received a question on factor that we wanted to share with everyone.
Q: What should I do if I lose power and have factor in the refrigerator?
A: You should remove the factor from the refrigerator and write the current date on it. It can keep for up to six months at room temperature.
September 11, 2017
Hurricane Irma Message
Due to the weather, Hemophilia of Georgia’s office and pharmacies will be open from 8 a.m. until noon today. We will give an update later today on Tuesday’s hours of operation.
September 8, 2017
Hurricane Irma Message
As the Southeast prepares for the impact of Hurricane Irma, Hemophilia of Georgia and its employees want you to know we care about you and your family.
Next week’s weather is uncertain. Please be advised that certain areas may not be able to receive deliveries. If you have evacuated, we can most likely still deliver factor to you at your temporary address.
We will keep you posted through social media. We will also update our recorded phone message. Get the latest updates on the storm from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA). http://www.gema.ga.gov. Stay safe.
August 29, 2017
HoG Responds to Hurricane Harvey
By Michelle Turkington
Our pharmacy is assisting the hemophilia community affected by Hurricane Harvey. We have begun receiving orders from the Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center in Houston to make sure their patients and other patients served by this HTC have factor. In 2005, our pharmacy dispensed and shipped a few orders as a result of Hurricane Katrina and in 2008, we processed 63 orders in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. We are here to help. #HURRICANEHARVEY
November 23, 2015
A Season of Giving
This Thanksgiving season I’m afforded the opportunity to pause and reflect, with gratitude, on all that we’ve accomplished together and all the possibilities that lie ahead. I’m thankful for the legacy and framework that Trish Dominic created and the opportunity to lead HoG towards innovation and future growth. I’m grateful for HoG’s team of donors, volunteers and staff who are dedicated and passionate about our mission to ensure that people affected by bleeding disorders live as normally and productively as possible.