On August 29, the New York Department of Health issued an updated policy regarding the Medicaid coverage and reimbursement of RSV vaccines.
Also in New York, NACDS joined a coalition letter against the proposed central fill pharmacy regulations that included a broad coalition including the Business Council of New York, Food Industry Alliance of New York and two FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Centers). NACDS and members have been actively advocating for a change and delay in the proposed regulations, that amongst its provisions would:
- Create a new central fill pharmacy registration class;
- Prohibit central fill pharmacies from being open to the public;
- Require that central fill pharmacies only prepare, and fill prescriptions sent from an originating pharmacy;
- Prohibit direct-to-patient central fill models;
- Require the originating pharmacy to obtain consent from the patient in writing before a prescription may be prepared by a central fill pharmacy;
- Requires an originating pharmacy to be able to prepare and dispense a prescription to a patient should the prescription not be received from the central fill pharmacy, or the patient seeks to pick-up the prescription from the originating pharmacy before it has been prepared by a central fill pharmacy; and
- Requires nonresident pharmacies engaged in central fill models to comply with select provisions of the rule.
For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.