Legislative

Legislative Update: Increasing access to oral chemotherapy drugs and naloxone

Insurance coverage for orally administered cancer medications; Naloxone access; The Ohio Budget; Emergency dispensing update; Increasing immunization access

Legislative Update: Emergency dispensing bill progressing; Immunization expansion legislation introduced

OPA members give testimony in support of emergency dispensing for pharmacists; Increasing immunization access; Pharmacist requirements to report elder abuse; Pharmacy audit legislation; Consult agreement changes

HB 44: Legislation introduced to allow pharmacists to dispense drugs during public health emergencies

Feb Legislative Update – Federal/ State Issues

TRICARE Changes Coming; Mirixa Releasing MTM Cases; Important 2013 Claims Processing Changes for Community CCRx Members; Controlled Substance Medicines Take Back Under DEA Plan; Fiscal Cliff Deal Consequences for Pharmacies.

Legislative Update: End of the year brings new Ohio laws and big changes to OARRS

Designated OARRS Delegates, Controlled Substances; Physician Assistant Scope of Practice; Electronic Tracking of Pseudoephedrine

Jan Legislative Update – Federal/ State Issues

Medicare Part D Reminder: Community CCRx Transition to SilverScript; Effective Date for BWC Rules; Medicare Part D Reminder: Community CCRx Transition to SilverScript; New CDC Vaccine Storage Guidance. State Legislation: HB 526: Emergency Dispensing; HB 334: Pseudoephedrine Tracking; HB 284: PA Prescribing;

Dec Legislative Update – Federal/ State Issues & Election Results

FDA Recommends Against Hydrocodone Rescheduling; Bipartisan Letter to Medicare on DTS Home Delivery in the Works; Medicare Touting MTM to Patients/Docs; Congress Eyes NECC, Compounding in General; Pharmacy Industry Seeks to Clarify Fill Policy on CII Prescriptions;

Nov Legislative Update: Medicaid Managed Care, Humana, DEA, & CMS/NPI Req.

Oct Legislative Update: Humana, OH Medicaid Claims, HB259

Sept Legislative Update: OPA Win, Payment for RPh-provided MTM, New Workers Comp program

August Legislative Update: Rx Drug User Fee Act, Impact of Affordable Care Act, HB 526: Emergency Dispensing

July Legislative Update: Hydrocodone to Sched II, DMEPOS info, Medicare Fee-For-Service, Paramedics Immunizing...

June Legislative Update: HB 526