Indiana

The Health Coverage Programs (IHCP), Medicaid, issued a bulletin updating the prior authorizations, preferred dug list and over-the-counter formularies approved at the May meeting of the Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Board.

Also in Indiana, IHCP announced pharmacy benefit COVID updates in response to the expiration of the public health emergency (PHE).

Also in Indiana, the Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services (FFSA) recently adopted a rule clarifying electronic signatures.

Also in Indiana, last week Gainwell Technologies migrated the Indiana Medicaid system (CoreMMIS) to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. IHPC’s Provider Healthcare Portal also migrated to AWS as part of this initiative.

Finally in Indiana, on July 5, 2023, the FFSA will adopt a single Medicaid formulary, called the statewide uniform preferred drug list (SUPDL), which will align members enrolled in Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), Hoosier Care Connect or Hoosier Healthwise managed care entity (MCE) with the fee-for-service (FFS) formulary.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.