The Department of Consumer Affairs (DORA), the agency that oversees the state’s Medicaid Fee-for-Service program, Health Colorado First (covers approximately 1.3M lives), announced that they will begin paying pharmacies on the medical benefit side for the administration of 7 adult influenza vaccinations and reimbursement for the cost of the vaccine in mid-August, 2020.
Also in Colorado. In advance of the August 6 Pharmacy Stakeholder meeting on proposed rules that would implement the Statewide Protocol Pre-Exposure and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of HIV (PEP/PrEP) law (CO20-HB 1061), NACDS submitted a comment letter to the Board of Pharmacy recommending a one-hour training program for pharmacists that should not be accredited by ACPE. We also recommended changes to the recordkeeping and documentation requirements.
Also in Colorado. August 29, 2020 is the deadline for pharmacy technicians to obtain a certification from the Board of Pharmacy. Details can be found here.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.