Newsletter Updates

The Board of Pharmacy has just recently updated the Newsletter site to include November’s BOP Newsletter as well as the January BOP Newsletter…you may use this link… (http://www.mtpharmacist.org/) to read both of them. Please view these newsletters for updates on Laws, Notices, etc. Since the format had changed to pharmacists having to obtain the Newsletters off the BOP site, it has been my experience, through interactions with colleagues, that fewer BOP Newsletters are reviewed, therefore, I have created a link on http://www.mtpharmacist.org/ “BOP Newsletters”. However, regarding the November Newsletter, please be aware that I confirmed with the DEA on December 28th, 2008 and January 10th, 2008 that pharmacists are NO LONGER ABLE TO CHANGE C-II PRESCRIPTIONS…please read at MT RPh News.

The Drug Information Newsletters have changed slightly since the new updates to the University of Montana websites…you can now easily use the links on http://www.mtpharmacist.org/ to navigate to the newsletters, home page, as well as the Skaggs home page. In addition, don’t hesitate to use the Drug Information Services (DIS) for hard to find questions? Use the DIS Services for Healthcare Professionals.

If you don’t receive the Montana Medicaid “Claim Jumper Newsletter” it is easily viewed from http://www.mtpharmacist.org/ in the MT Medicaid section as well as Montana Medicaid’s: Preferred Drug List (PDL), Passport to Health Links, CMS Links, OPA, RPh Provider Website, etc. Don’t forget to get all your NPI numbers…use the NPI Registry at http://www.mtpharmacist.org/ to find all those hard to find NPI’s you are missing and will be required to use for reimbursement!!!

Please feel free to email me, comment, add suggestions, give input on topics/ notices, give your opinion on matters, or whatever…on the record or off the record…anything to improve this network or bring pharmacists together! You may email me at grizrph@hotmail.com or use the anonymous form. Thank you!!!

Eric Shields, PharmD