Massachusetts Medicaid, MassHealth, has released its most recent Fact Sheet to reflect recent modifications in the MassHealth drug lists. 

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MassHealth has released its most recent Fact Sheet to reflect recent modification in regulations regarding oral contraceptives and 340 drugs. 

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The Massachusetts Drug Control Program has recently released a reminder regarding the dispensing of generic drugs.

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Governor Charlie Baker (R) announced this week that Acting Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Amanda Cassel Kraft will take over the permanent responsibility of running the state’s $19 billion MassHealth -Medicaid program.

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued a new COVID19 Bulletin dealing with booster vaccine rollout.

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MassHealth is adopting new policies for the prescribing and dispensing of ivermectin. MassHealth is imposing new quantity limits of 20 ivermectin tablets per 90 days. This edition of Pharmacy Facts details of those updates in policy.

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

MassHealth recently released its pharmacy providers newsletter. This edition of MassHealth Pharmacy Facts addresses Durable Medical Equipment and Inhalers.

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The Board of Pharmacy issued on an update to the MA BOP’s Covid-19 Practice.  This document reviews the issues related to license expirations, temporary emergency practice authorizations and orders, workforce issues and perpetual inventory.   

Also in Massachusetts, effective August 12, 2021, MassHealth will cover the administration of the third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to individuals who qualify for the additional dose.  There is no cost sharing for any COVID-19 vaccines. MassHealth expects it will pay $45.87 for administration of the third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the same rate it pays for administration of first or second doses, using CPT code 0003A for the third dose of the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccine and CPT code 0013A for the third dose of the Moderna vaccine. Here is their updated policy.

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

The Board of Pharmacy recently updated their policy to reflect the ability of pharmacy technicians to administer the flu vaccine effective immediately.  

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