Online registration is open for the 2021 American Pharmacist Association (APhA) Pharmacy-based Immunization Delivery certificate training program being held Saturday, August 21, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the APA offices in Montgomery. The program is an innovative, intensive, and practice-based continuing pharmacy education activity for pharmacists, based on national education standards for immunization training from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Register for the full training 

Also, if it has been longer than three years since you were certified and you want a refresher course, or if you need to satisfy the PREP Act’s 2-hour immunization CPE requirement, APA will be offering six hours of CE for the live portion of the program (minus the shots), which will include the most current immunization recommendations and guidelines. The refresher program has been approved by the Alabama Board of Pharmacy for six hours of consultant credit. Register for the refresher 

Pharmacy Technicians who need immunization training: APA is partnering with the Washington State Pharmacy Association to offer vaccine administration training for technicians on an ongoing basis 

Also from Alabama Medicaid: On or after September 1, 2021, the Alabama Medicaid Agency will resume the EPSDT referral requirement. 

Revalidation for Enrolled Providers: At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the Alabama Medicaid Agency temporarily ceased revalidation for providers. Medicaid has now resumed revalidation for providers. To learn more about the revalidation process please visit www.medicaid.alabama.gov, select the “Providers” tab, then click on the “Provider Enrollment” link to view details. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.