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Medicaid reimbursement for prescription weight-loss drugs
  February 1, 2001

State Xenical ®
(Orlistat)
Meridia ®
(Sibutramine)
Phentermine Prior Authorization
Required
Alabama + - - +
Alaska +b - - +
Arizona MCO MCO MCO MCO
Arkansas +b - - +
California + + + +
Colorado + - - +
Connecticut +b - -  
Delaware + + + +
Florida +c - - +
Georgia +b - - +
Hawaii + + + +
Idaho +b - - +
Illinois - - -  
Indiana - - -  
Iowa + - -  
Kansas + + - +
Kentucky + + + +
Louisiana + - -  
Maine + + + +
Maryland + - -  
Massachusetts + + + +
Michigan + - - +
Minnesota + - -  
Mississippi + + +  
Missouri +b - - +
Montana + + + +
Nebraska +b - - +
Nevada - - -  
New Hampshire - - -  
New Jersey + - -  
New Mexico + + + +
New York - - -  
North Carolina + + +  
North Dakota +a - - +
Ohio - - -  
Oklahoma - - -  
Oregon +a, b, c - - +
Pennsylvania +b - - +
Rhode Island + + + +
South Carolina + - - +
South Dakota - - -  
Tennessee MCO MCO MCO MCO
Texas +b - - +
Utah +b - - +
Vermont + + + +
Virginia +a, b + + +
Washington +b - - +
West Virginia +b - - +
Wisconsin + + + +
Wyoming - - -  

Footnotes:
MCO: 100% Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in managed care organization, drug benefit decisions made by MCO.
a: morbid obesity
b: hyperlipidemia patients
c: Type II diabetes patients


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