The Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) Quarterly Pharmacy Stakeholders meeting will take place on December 19 and 20. A virtual meeting link is available by RSVP’ing to allison.williams@primetherapeutics.com no later than December 18.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Board of Pharmacy’s June newsletter has been published.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
DCHF announced they will hold their quarterly pharmacy forum meeting on September 20 at 10am and September 21 at 1pm. To register to attend and receive meeting link and agenda please contact Amwilliams1@magellanhealth.com.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
Medicaid has scheduled the virtual quarterly pharmacy forum on March 15 from 1-2pm and March 16 from 10-11:30 pm and are “highly encouraging” attendance. Click here to RSVP and receive the log in information.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
NACDS received an email from Pharmacy Services stating that “effective January 15, 2022, the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) is covering FDA-approved COVID-19 Home test kit(s) dispensed by pharmacies enrolled with DC Medicaid. Pharmacies must submit claims through the Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Manager to receive reimbursement from DHCF for HSCSN enrollee(s). HSCSN enrollees are eligible for test kits through the DC Medicaid Fee-For-Service program with no co-payment. Feel free to contact the DHCF Division of Clinician, Pharmacy, and Acute Provider Services:
Charlene Fairfax, Senior Pharmacist at (202) 442-9076, charlene.fairfax@dc.gov
Gidey Amare, Pharmacist at (202) 442-5952, gidey.amare@dc.gov
Jonas Terry, Pharmacist at (202) 478-1415, jonas.terry@dc.gov
Magellan (Pharmacy Benefit Manager) at 1-800-273-4962″
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Department of Health approved a final rule requiring reporting of vaccines by all providers, including pharmacies, with 24 hours of vaccine administration to the registry. The rule will be effective when published in the DC Register.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The latest edition of the Board of Pharmacy’s newsletter is available here. It contains updated board contact information, the schedule of meetings, links to the new online licensing portal and a reminder about the Opioid Labeling Act which was effective in March of 2021.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Department of Healthcare Finance will hold its virtual Quarterly Pharmacy Provider Forum on September 21 from 10-12am and September 22 from 1-3pm. The content for both is the same. To RSVP and receive meeting link, contact Allison Williams.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) will hold its virtual Quarterly Pharmacy Provider Forum on September 21 from 10-12am and September 22 from 1-3pm. The content for both is identical. To RSVP and receive the meeting link contact Allison Williams.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.