Maryland

The Department of Health (MDH) is currently accepting applications and nominations for physicians and pharmacists to serve on the Medicaid Program’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee beginning in May 2022. The application deadline has been extended, please submit all applications no later than March 18. All interested applicants are required to submit a formal application through the MDH’s Office of Appointments and Executive Nominations. Please email Mangesh Joglekar at Mangesh.Joglekar@maryland.gov for further information.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.

2022-03-11T10:31:18-05:00March 11, 2022|Maryland|

Minnesota

Several bills have been introduced to advance NACDS’ Scope of Business Campaign. HF 4008 and SF 3823 would provide payment parity for pharmacy-based services and HF 4009 would update the states’ pharmacy immunization and testing authority to match the PREP Act.  

Also in Minnesota, the House Health Finance and Policy Committee heard HF 3854, allowing pharmacists to prescribe HIV prevention medications. NACDS and our in-state partners were instrumental in forming a coalition of stakeholders that is proactively advancing the bill. Committee members had no major concerns and there was no opposition voiced at the hearing from the medical community. The committee held the bill over for possible inclusion in an omnibus committee bill. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.

2022-03-11T10:29:25-05:00March 11, 2022|Minnesota|

New York

The Office of Health Insurance Programs of the New York State Department of Health has approved the release of the February 2022 Medicaid Update. You may also go straight to an article or topic that pertains to you by selecting from the current issue’s table of contents below.  

Policy and Billing 

All Providers 

Pharmacy 

For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.

2022-03-11T10:23:51-05:00March 11, 2022|New York|

North Dakota

The Board of Pharmacy issued its March 2022 newsletter that includes articles about biosimilars and legislation enacted in 2021 that expands the role of the pharmacists with prescriptive authority for immunizations and tobacco cessation.

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

2022-03-11T10:22:29-05:00March 11, 2022|North Dakota|

Ohio

Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has signed HB 37, legislation sponsored by Rep. Gayle Manning (R), that allows pharmacists to provide 30-day emergency refills without contacting the prescriber. NACDS and the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants advocated for passage of this legislation that aligns with our efforts to make COVID-19 business efficiencies permanent. The bill will be effective June 1.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.

2022-03-11T10:20:08-05:00March 11, 2022|Ohio|

Utah

The Board of Pharmacy has issued public notices for its next two meetings to be held on March 22 and April 26. Agendas have not been posted on the website.

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

2022-03-11T10:19:07-05:00March 11, 2022|Utah|

Vermont

The Department of Vermont Health Access recently released its March 2022 Pharmacy Newsletter. It contains information on: 

  • Pharmacy Benefit Provider Satisfaction Survey 
  • Hypertension Management Initiative  
  • Team Care Program 
  • Important Changes to Administration Fees for Vaccines  
  • Update on Pharmacy COVID-19 Antigen Test Coverage  
  • Preferred Drug List (PDL) 
  • New DURB Board Member 
  • Drug Utilization Review Board (DURB) Meeting 
  • Website Updates 

Also in Vermont, the Department of Vermont Health Access issued a communication that Synagis® prophylaxis is of unproven value when administered outside of the RSV season as defined by the CDC surveillance reports. Therefore, no further shipments will be authorized after March 11. 

For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.

2022-03-11T10:18:31-05:00March 11, 2022|Vermont|

Virginia

The Board of Pharmacy has posted the Agenda for its March 15 meeting. Please note they will consider a Guidance Document on Pharmacy Working Conditions that you can find on page 101 of the agenda. Also on the agenda is a proposed rule on Pharmacist Initiation of Treatment that was a result of 2021 legislation that added authority for pharmacists to provide vaccines; Tuberculosis testing; HIV prevention medications; and paraphernalia, supplies and equipment to adults. The Board previously approved an emergency regulation on the same subject as well as protocols that were both effective in December 2021 and can be found on the Board website.  

Also in Virginia, on April 4, the Department of Medical Assistance (Medicaid) will be switching from its Legacy Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) for fee-for-service. As a result, the MediCall and Activated Voice Response System (AVR) eligibility systems will be down from March 30 through April 3. Please see this notice for more detail. DMAS will be sending a series of Medicaid Memos detailing the impact of these system changes on the Provider community, the latest can be found here. You can find training videos and user manuals for MES here.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.

2022-03-11T10:17:01-05:00March 11, 2022|Virginia|

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