Latest Medicaid Pharmacy Newsletter Available

The latest Medicaid Pharmacy Newsletter, dated November 2016, is now available on the N.C. Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) website. In addition to the December 2016 checkwrite schedule, this edition of the newsletter includes articles about:

- Change to the Beneficiary Management Lock-in Program beginning January 2017
- Upcoming PDL changes for Abilify and aripiprazole
- Preferred Brands with Non-Preferred Generics - NC Medicaid Preferred Drug List
- N.C. Medicaid and N.C. Health Choice Preferred Drug List Changes
- Proper DAW use with Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs
- National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) Information
- Pharmacy Advertising of Flu Vaccines

Providers are encouraged to review this important information. A link to the 2016 Medicaid Pharmacy Newsletters on the DMA website can be found below.