Louisiana

The Board of Pharmacy’s Regulation Review Committee has posted the agenda for the January 24 meeting in Baton Rouge.  

Also in Louisiana, the Department of Health’s (LDH’s) vendor Magellan will approve overrides for non-preferred products when the preferred product has a manufacturer shortage. Contact the Magellan Medicaid Administration help desk at (800) 424-1664 to get the override. The prescriber does not need to fill out a prior authorization. The current list of drugs with known shortages are Sabril® 500mg powder for oral solution, generic Concerta®, generic Focalin XR®, Trileptal® suspension and generic Mydayis™. 

Finally in Louisiana, LDH (Department of Health) issued Bulletin 24-1 informing providers that Medicaid is updating the Medicaid Fee-For-Service (FFS) files procedure codes.  

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