On January 1, 2022, the Medicaid pharmacy administration fee for vaccines changed from $13.97 to $13.87. This is to align with changes to the physician fee schedule and does not apply to COVID-19 administration fees. There is further guidance around POS submission, administration fees added to adult ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) recommended vaccines, and enrollment in the Vermont Child Vaccine Program (VCVP).
Also in Vermont, the Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA) contracts with Change Healthcare to support Vermont’s publicly funded pharmacy benefit programs. The Change Healthcare help desk supports all pharmacies and prescribers enrolled in Vermont’s pharmacy benefit programs. It is the first point of contact for pharmacy and medical providers for drug prior authorization requests, drug claims processing issues, and other drug-related questions, concerns, and complaints.
Change Healthcare is conducting a provider satisfaction survey of pharmacies and prescribers and your participation in this survey is particularly important to DVHA as responses from this survey will be used for quality improvement efforts. The entire survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete. Comments are dure by March 15.
For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.