California

The Department of Health Care Services posted the following alerts on the Medi-Cal Rx Web Portal.   

• Enteral Nutrition Updates: Interchange of Equivalent Contracted Enteral Nutrition Product and Specialty Infant Authorization Term Limit (June 18) 
• Medi-Cal Rx Weekly Wrap-Up for June 3-9 (June 10) 

Also in California, Medi-Cal posted the following updates. 

• June 2022 Durable Medical Equipment and Medial Supplies Medi-Cal Update Bulletin (June 16) 

1. 1. Respiratory Supplies: Updates to the List of Medical Supplies Billing Codes, Units and Quantity Limits 
   2. National Correct Coding Initiative Quarterly Update for July 2022 
   3. July 2022 Medi-Cal Provider “Coffee Break” Event 
   4. August 2022 Medi-Cal Provider Training Webinars 
   5. Get the Latest Medi-Cal News: Subscribe to MCSS (Medi-Cal Subscription Service) Today 
   6. Provider Manual Revisions 

• June 2022 Pharmacy Medi-Cal Update Bulletin (June 16) 

• • Update: Second Booster Dose for Select COVID-19 Boosters Now a Benefit 
  • Age Eligibility and Availability Revised for Cabenuva 
  • New Medi-Cal Benefit for Hepatitis B Vaccine
  • Respiratory Supplies: Updates to the List of Medical Supplies Billing Codes, Units and Quantity Limits 
  • One Time Injection Administration Fee Update 
  • National Correct Coding Initiative Quarterly Update for July 2022 
  • July 2022 Medi-Cal Provider “Coffee Break” Event 
  • August 2022 Medi-Cal Provider Training Webinars 

• Part 1 – Program and Eligibility bulletin 

Finally in California, the Board of Pharmacy has posted the following agendas for next week’s June 22 ad hoc committee meetings. 

• Teleconference Standard of Care Committee Meeting agenda 
• Teleconference Medication Error Reduction and Workforce Committee Meeting agenda 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.