Most behavioral health facilities will not have access to bleeding disorder medications through their standard pharmacies and may be concerned about their ability to procure bleeding disorder medications. Most bleeding-disorder medications must be filled by a specialty pharmacy rather than a local or retail pharmacy.
This can sometimes cause confusion for behavioral-health or substance-use treatment facilities that are not familiar with the process.

Many facilities:

• Do not have existing contracts with specialty pharmacies, and

• May have exclusive agreements with pharmacies that cannot access bleeding-disorder products.

Because of this, facilities may worry that they won’t be able to obtain or administer the medication.
Fortunately, there are several easy solutions—and your bleeding-disorder treatment team can help with all of them.

Step 1: Ask About Their Current Policy

“Can you tell me whether your facility allows people to bring in and use previously prescribed and dispensed medications from home?”

If the facility allows home medications:

“That’s great to hear. In that case, I can bring my bleeding-disorder medication with me at admission. This approach helps avoid delays in treatment and makes things easier for your team since it eliminates the need to navigate new pharmacy processes.”

If the facility doesn’t allow home medications or doesn’t have a clear policy:

“Thank you for clarifying. If your facility doesn’t have a home-medication policy yet, my treatment team can share a sample policy you can adapt.
It’s a simple way to ensure safety and consistency while also helping your team avoid unnecessary administrative and financial challenges.”

Step 2: Offer Support with Specialty-Pharmacy Coordination

“If bringing medication from home isn’t possible, my treatment team can help in other ways.
For example, they can:
• Identify local specialty pharmacies that can deliver my prescribed medication directly to your facility, and
• Help coordinate communication between the pharmacy and your staff to make the process as smooth as possible.”

Step 3: Explore Alternate Care Pathways if Needed

“If your facility can’t allow home medications and can’t accept direct delivery from a specialty pharmacy, we can still make sure I get my medication as scheduled.
My treatment team can help arrange for infusions or injections to take place at a nearby infusion center, emergency department, or bleeding-disorder treatment center.”

Send the following to the facility:

• Access to Bleeding Disorder Medication: Personalize this email template to support access to bleeding disorder medication.