The Georgia Board of Pharmacy has just begun the process for reviving a quarterly, electronic newsletter. President of the Board, Dean Stone has appointed Chuck Page and Young Chang to lead this effort. Chuck has reached out and asked that our members provide him with the email addresses of everyone in their pharmacy operations whom they want to begin receiving these future newsletters. Please just provide this information directly to Chuck Page. His email address is chuck.page@kroger.com.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

Text replaced here!GPhA (Georgia Pharmacy Association) is offering Immunization Delivery Training for Pharmacy Technicians, a six-hour CE program consisting of both home-study and live training. Under HHS authorization (PREP Act 10.20.20) trained pharmacy technicians can administer certain vaccines under the supervision and authorization of a pharmacist. 
 
GPhA is offering live training on Saturday, February 19, 2022, in Sandy Springs. Space is limited so do not wait. More information can be found here.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

Immunization Delivery Training for Pharmacy Technicians. A 6.0 hour CE program consisting of both home-study and live training. Under HHS authorization (PREP Act 10.20.20) trained pharmacy technicians can administer certain vaccines under the supervision and authorization of a pharmacist. GPhA is offering live training on 

 Saturday, February 19, 2022 
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Georgia Pharmacy Association Classroom  

GPhA’s Immunization Delivery Training program for Pharmacy Technicians is recognized as an education provider for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s (PTCB) Immunization Administration Assessment-Based Certificate. CLICK HERE for more information and to register! 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

The Georgia Medicaid Fee-For-Service pharmacy system has now been updated to accept a pharmacist’s NPI as the prescriber ID on flu vaccine claims using a Submission Clarification Code = 42. The below communication will be sent in an upcoming pharmacy banner. 

PHARMACIST ORDERED FLU VACCINES

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an eighth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), expanding the authority for pharmacists to order influenza vaccines. For flu vaccine claims with fill dates on or after 08/04/2021, pharmacies may utilize a Submission Clarification Code (SCC) of 42 in NCPDP Field: 420-DK in response to a rejection regarding prescriber NPI when the prescribing NPI is the pharmacist of record and is compliant with state and federal guidlines. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

The Department of Public Health would like to hear from pharmacies who may be interested in providing the FDA approved COVID-19 therapeutic pill, Molnupiravir. Please take a minute to complete this COVID-19 Molnupiravir Pharmacy Interest Survey. 

If you would like to learn more about Merck’s Molnupiravir pill, CLICK HERE to watch a 30-minute presentation by Lisley Brooks B.S., Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate 2022 and Tracy Dabbs, PharmD, Georgia Department of Public Health. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

The Department of Public Health, Division of Health Protection, Section of Emergency Preparedness and Response Department has received the following updates on the Moderna Expiry Lot Checker regarding the following lots: 046A21A, 008B21-2A, 017B21A, 020B21A, 022B21A, 039B21A, 046B21A, 044B21A. These have successfully been updated to the expiry look up tool. We have been informed that the Moderna team is continuing to work on the expiry extension and the next batch (weekly) will include five priority lots in distribution and all lots expiring in October.

If any providers have expiring doses that have not been updated in the Moderna Expiry Lot Checker yet, the advice is to safely quarantine the expired doses until the dose extension can be verified and to administer new shipments of Moderna vaccine in the meantime. If providers cannot safely quarantine doses of vaccine with unknown extension status and there is concern that expired does may be administered, please properly dispose of vaccine and report as waste.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

Fall Virtual Medicaid Fair, Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 8am EST. The opening session will highlight news from the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) including an overview of current initiatives and program and policy updates. The day will feature WebEx based break-out sessions focused on relevant topics for our provider community along with time for questions and answers. To register online and for details, visit here. Attendees must register to reserve a seat for each individual session selected.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

Fall Virtual Medicaid Fair, Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 8am EST. The opening session will highlight news from the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) including an overview of current initiatives and program and policy updates. The day will feature WebEx based break-out sessions focused on relevant topics for our provider community along with time for questions and answers. To register online and for details, visit here. Attendees must register to reserve a seat for each individual session selected.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.

The Georgia Pharmacy Association (GPhA) is offering Immunization Delivery Training for Pharmacy Technicians, a 6.0-hour CE program consisting of both home-study and live training. Under HHS authorization (PREP Act 10.20.20) trained pharmacy technicians can administer certain vaccines under the supervision and authorization of a pharmacist. GPhA is offering live training on Saturday, October 16, 2021 in Sandy Springs. Space is limited. You can find more information here. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.