Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has posted an updated Medicaid Preferred Drug List.
Also in Illinois… The Illinois Pharmacist Association and the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists announced Pharmacy Legislative Day will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 in Springfield. Click here for more information and to register.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services issued a Provider Letter with information about implementing dispensing fee changes for Critical Access Pharmacies as per the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Covered Outpatient Drugs Rule. Please note the information applies only to fee-for-service claims.
Also in Illinois… Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed into law SB 2104 HA 1 extending the sunset on the Illinois Pharmacy Practice Act to December 31, 2023. According to the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, changes included limitations on working a 12-hour day, breaks and meals, pharmacy technician training, whistleblower protections, and other prohibited activities that distract the pharmacist. The Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force is also reconstituted and will work toward offering additional recommendations by October 1, 2020.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
SB 2104, that includes language to extend the Pharmacy Practice Act until Sunday, January 1, 2023, is headed to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D). The bill contains many of the recommendations from the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
SB 2104, that includes language to extend The Pharmacy Practice Act until Sunday, January 1, 2023, is headed to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D). The bill contains many of the recommendations from the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
The Illinois Collaborative Pharmaceutical Care Task Force submitted its recommendations to the General Assembly as required by Public Act 100-0497. That will inform future efforts to update the Practice Act.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Service published a bulletin with information about its medication synchronization program resulting from Public Act 100-0138.
Also in Illinois… Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed into law SB 1715 pertaining to pharmacist authority to administer long-acting injectables.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed into law the following legislation:
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
The Department of Human Services announced that, for a second consecutive year, they will receive grant money from the 21st Century Cures Act to fight the opioid crisis. Among its uses, the $16 million grant will enable enhancements to the prescription monitoring program.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.
The state’s Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) adopted rules effective May 1 for individuals or organizations to take back and dispose medications. For more information, please contact Gabriel Neibergall, an IEPA attorney, at 217-782-5544.
Also in Illinois…The Department of Public Health (IDPH) launched its Opioid Data Dashboard, a website offering information about how opioids are affecting people in Illinois, including rates of opioid prescriptions by county. Additional information about efforts to curb abuse and misuse is available in the State of Illinois Opioid Action Plan.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.