The Board of Pharmacy has posted the Agenda for its March 15 meeting. Please note they will consider a Guidance Document on Pharmacy Working Conditions that you can find on page 101 of the agenda. Also on the agenda is a proposed rule on Pharmacist Initiation of Treatment that was a result of 2021 legislation that added authority for pharmacists to provide vaccines; Tuberculosis testing; HIV prevention medications; and paraphernalia, supplies and equipment to adults. The Board previously approved an emergency regulation on the same subject as well as protocols that were both effective in December 2021 and can be found on the Board website.
Also in Virginia, on April 4, the Department of Medical Assistance (Medicaid) will be switching from its Legacy Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) for fee-for-service. As a result, the MediCall and Activated Voice Response System (AVR) eligibility systems will be down from March 30 through April 3. Please see this notice for more detail. DMAS will be sending a series of Medicaid Memos detailing the impact of these system changes on the Provider community, the latest can be found here. You can find training videos and user manuals for MES here.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.