NACDS reminds members that Gainwell, the Ohio Medicaid Managed Care Single Pharmaceutical Benefits Manager (SPBM), will being offering pharmacies training on using the web portal on September 19. Registration instructions can be found on the Single PBM page. Select the selecting the provider resources tab, then clicking on “SPBM Web Portal Training.” Gainwell will be processing all Medicaid managed care claims beginning on October 1, 2022.
Also in Ohio, the Board of Pharmacy has issued draft regulations allowing registered and certified pharmacy technicians to vaccinate. The rule makes technician immunization authority consistent with Ohio’s current pharmacist immunization authority as it relates to age and vaccine type, per passage of House Bill 6 of 2021. NACDS intends to comment on this rule. Please send Jill McCormack your comments by October 3.
Finally in Ohio, Medicaid and Myers & Stauffer have announced an extension of the due date for the 2022 mandatory Cost of Dispensing Study to September 21 and have stated in a letter to pharmacies that this will be the final extension of the survey due date.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.