Virginia

The Department of Health (VDH) issued a clinician’s letter related to an increase in pneumonia and pertussis cases in the Commonwealth. This and other provider communications are also available on the VDH webpage.

Also in Virginia, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a report to the Governor and General Assembly recommending that the state not move forward with a Drug Importation Program. The report is the result of a legislatively mandated workgroup on “The Feasibility of a Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program” that found that there was no guarantee of cost savings by implementing an importation program and that the better course of action was to wait and see if other states’ programs move forward with any positive outcomes.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.