Dec. 2025 Pharmacy Newsletter Now Available

The latest Medicaid Pharmacy Newsletter, dated Dec. 2025, is now available on the N.C. Medicaid website. In addition to the Jan. 2026 checkwrite schedule, this edition of the newsletter includes the articles:

• Reminder: Immunizing Pharmacist Enrollment in NC Medicaid Contraceptives and NRT Protocol Reimbursement to Pharmacies
• NC Medicaid’s Participation in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model for Sickle Cell Disease
• Discontinuation of Coverage: Xifaxan (Rifaximin
• North Carolina to Launch First-of-its-Kind NC Medicaid Managed Care Plan for Children and Families on Dec. 1, 2025
• Billing Reminder of a Third-Party Prescription to Medicaid 
• NC Medicaid Reinstitutes Coverage for GLP-1s in Weight Management 

Providers are encouraged to review this important information. The 2025 Medicaid Pharmacy Newsletters can be viewed here.