Posts Tagged ‘pharmacist’
Reimbursing Certain Pharmacists’ Services: A New Colorado Bill
Colorado House Bill 18-1112 (HB 18-1112) was approved by the Colorado State Legislature earlier this year and signed by Governor Hickenlooper on April 9, 2018. The Bill is set to take effect on August 8, 2018. HB 18-1112 requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage for health care services provided by a pharmacist if:…
Read More2018 Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act: Pharmacist and Pharmacy Rule Changes
Earlier this year, Arizona passed the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act (Act), a comprehensive, bipartisan bill aimed at combating the opioid epidemic. The new legislation addresses opioid treatment, opioid enforcement and oversight, opioid addiction and reversing opioid overdoses. Pharmacists and pharmacies must be aware of a few important rule changes slated to start April 26, 2018,…
Read MoreWill Colorado License Pharmacy Technicians?
The State of Colorado and the Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform is performing its 2018 Sunrise Review on Pharmacy Technicians and citizens of Colorado can voice their opinions on whether pharmacy technicians should be regulated and/or licensed in Colorado. Click here to leave your opinion(s) on regulating Pharmacy Technicians in Colorado. How many…
Read MoreColorado Board of Pharmacy Update: Non Resident Affidavit
In late 2017, the Colorado Board of Pharmacy (Board) sent notice to all non resident pharmacies licensed with the Board. The notification addressed the distribution of medications into Colorado. In part, the notification stated the following: “Colorado law and Board rule (CRS 12-42.5-118.5 and Board Rules 21.00.20(d)) allow a non resident pharmacy (“Pharmacy”) to distribute…
Read MorePharmacy Kiosks in Arizona
Patient convenience is the focus, but will pharmacy kiosks save patients valuable time since they can now skip going into their pharmacy to pick up a prescription? Medavail Technologies is planning to install around 40 pharmacy kiosks — essentially vending machines for medications — around Arizona. Patient’s will receive their prescription in the form of…
Read MoreNew Nebraska Law Requires All Prescription Drugs to be Reported to PDMP
On January 1, 2018, Nebraska became the first state to require all dispensers to report all prescription drugs dispensed for an enhanced medication history, as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-2454(2). The Nebraska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is a statewide tool for prescribers and dispensers that collects dispensed prescription information and serves as a…
Read MoreRural Colorado County Sues Top Pharmaceutical Companies and Distributors over Opioid Crisis
Huerfano County, a rural southern Colorado county, filed suit in federal court against the nation’s top pharmaceutical companies and drug manufacturers and distributors claiming that the companies are responsible for overdoes and death due to opioids. The lawsuit claims that Huerfano County residents were falsely induced to take highly addictive opioids for pain management and…
Read MoreNew York Pharmacists Allowed to Give Flu Shots to Children After Executive Order
Flu season typically runs from October through May with peaks seen in February. However, flu cases nationwide continue to increase at alarming rates. New York, like Florida, recently enacted legislation that addresses flu testing and administration by authorized pharmacists. Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state disaster emergency and issued an executive order intending…
Read MoreNorth Carolina STOP Act Looks to Address the Opioid Crisis
North Carolina’s Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention Act (STOP Act) sets limits on certain ‘targeted controlled substance” prescriptions for acute and post surgical pain and seeks to address the opioid abuse epidemic in North Carolina by changing the way certain controlled substances are prescribed. According the the STOP Act, practitioners, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners,…
Read MorePatient Choice of Pharmacy Bill Introduced in the Colorado Legislature
House Bill 18-1097 (HB 1097), also referred to as the Patient Choice of Pharmacy, is a bipartisan sponsored bill that focuses primarily on patient choices when filling prescription medications and is aimed at protecting small, rural pharmacies that may be closer to patients. HB 1097, in its current form, states that an insurance carrier or…
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