Executive Only Documents

Alliance for Pharmaceutical Care

• Alliance Handouts - 2007
• 2006 Documents
  • Collaborative Drug Therapy Management
  • Pharmacists Immuniations and Provide Information
  • Pharmacists MTM Services
  • Pharmacists Patient Safety
  • Value of Pharmacists

CMS

General Issues

• CMS Releases the Final 2009 Call Letter
• Analysis of 2006 National Health Expenditures - Health Affairs January 2008

Medicaid

• NAMSD - 2007 State Perspectives: Medicaid Pharmacy
• NAMSD - 2007 State Perspectives Medicaid Pharmacy Policies and Practices
• GAO Reprort:  Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Estimated 2007 Federal Upper Limits for Reimbursement Compared with Retail Pharmacy Acquisition Costs
• Tamper Resistant Prescriptions
  • Final Letter to Medicaid Directors
  • Draft Letter to Prescribers
  • CMS Updates Tamper Resistant FAQ’s
  • State Contacts
  • Implementation Status 4/8/2008
  • Idaho 4/8/2008
  • Indiana 4/8/2008
  • Kentucky 4/8/2008
  • Maine 4/8/2008
  • Maryland 4/8/2008
  • Massachusetts 4/8/2008
  • Nevada 4/8/2008
  • Oklahoma 4/8/2008
  • Texas 4/8/2008
  • Washington D.C. 4/8/2008

Medicare

• OIG report on Prescription Drug Plan Reimbursement - Jan 2008
• Medicare News
• Humana bulletins
• Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training Programs
• Part D Reference Guide for Pharmacists - 12/07
• Medicare Part D Pharmacy Help Desk phone numbers (ZIP file)

NPI

• NCPDP/WEDI NPI White Papers – last updated 7/07
• NPI March 1st Milestone

E-Health

• DEA E-Rx response February 1, 2008
• Electronic Prescription Processing and Patient Confidentiality

CBO Reports

• Prescription Drug Pricing in the Private Sector - January 2007

FDA Final Rules

• Toll-Free Number for Reporting Adverse Events on Labeling for Human Drug Products (PDF file)

GAO Reports

• State and Local Governments:  Growing Fiscal Challenges Will Emerge during the Next 10 years – January 2008

Internet pharmacies

• Internet pharmacy patient practitioner relationship laws and rules

Technicians

• State Technician Requirements
• Technician Training Map
• Technician Certification Map
• Technician: Pharmacists Ratios Map

Pharmacy Workforce

• PMP Workforce Data – Feb 2007

Other Issues

• Independently Owned Pharmacies in Rural America
• Pharmaceutical Waste State Efforts

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