The Department of Health and published its weekly COVID Vaccine Provider Update. Please note you can also link to past updates and sign up to receive future updates in your email on the same page.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
NACDS reminds members that the mandatory Medicaid Cost of Dispensing Surveys are due back to Myers & Stauffer on November 16. Myers and Stauffer mailed and emailed the surveys to pharmacies on October 19. You can access the survey documents, download an electronic version, and find instructions for responding on behalf of multiple locations on Myers & Stauffer’s Minnesota webpage.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) held a pharmacy stakeholder meeting this week to discuss the upcoming 2022 fee-for-service pharmacy cost of dispensing survey that will be conducted by Myers and Stauffer. The surveys will be delivered on October 19 to pharmacies via mail (corporate headquarters for chains) and electronically to the email address they have on file. Surveys are to be completed by November 16. Myers and
Stauffer has set up a dedicated email for questions. The same email address may be used for pharmacies to provide an alternative email address for electronic survey delivery or to request an extension, if needed. For more detail on the survey process, see the meeting slide deck and draft survey instrument.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has contracted with Myers and Stauffer to conduct the 2022 pharmacy cost of dispensing survey to evaluate the fee-for-service Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement methodology. A stakeholder virtual meeting will be held October 4, 2022, at 9 am CDT. If you wish to attend the meeting, please contact Jill McCormack for the log-in information.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Department of Commerce has published the 2021 PBM Transparency Report. The Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act requires Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to submit transparency reports to the Department of Commerce. The report summarizes the responses from all PBMs who submitted transparency reports to the Department, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 62W.06, Sub’d. 2.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The latest issue of the Department of Health’s weekly vaccine update can be found here and includes a link for members to sign up to receive it directly.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
MDH (Minnesota Department of Health) has updated the Interim COVID-19 Vaccine Provider Guide, Template: COVID-19 Screening and Agreement and created the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Protocol for 6 months through 4 years and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Protocol for 6 months through 5 years. Find these resources at COVID-19 Vaccine Providers.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
HF 4065, an omnibus health care bill was signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz (D). The bill includes a provision that allows pharmacists to administer intramuscular and subcutaneous drug injections and to place drug monitoring devices according to prescription, protocols, or collaborative practice agreements.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
To view this week’s Department of Health COVID-19 vaccine provider weekly update, past updates or to subscribe to them click here.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.