Creighton University will host the 15th annual Immunize Nebraska program on Friday, May 25. The registration deadline is Tuesday, May 22. Organizers include the the Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education, Immunization Task Force Metro Omaha, Methodist Health System and the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.

Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) signed into law LB 931 limiting opioid prescriptions to individuals under nineteen years of age to seven days, effective Wednesday, July 4 (three months after being signed). The law also requires patients receiving dispensed opioids to show identification if the patient is not personally and positively known to the pharmacist or dispensing practitioner. For more information, please see Gov. Ricketts’ press release.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.

Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) appointed Matthew Van Patton as Medicaid Director, filling a 10-month vacancy left by the outgoing Calder Lynch, who took a position with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. Van Patton previously served as President and CEO of Cadre Medical Technologies, a healthcare technology company, and also as Chief of Staff for U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy (SC R-4). He has a doctoral degree in health administration from the Medical College of South Carolina.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.