Legislative Updates

Governor DeWine signs legislation to expand pharmacist long-acting injection authority!

Governor DeWine signs legislation expanding patient access to pharmacist services in Ohio!

September Legislative Update: Medicaid Reforms

Legislation to expand pharmacist long-acting injection authority heads to Governor DeWine!

Legislation to expand patient access to pharmacist services heads to Governor DeWine!

2020 OPA PAC eAssembly Speaker announced!

CareSource launches pharmacist provider status pilot

Comments needed on Ohio Medicaid's proposed provider status rules

Ohio Medicaid releases guidance for COVID-19 testing by pharmacists

Ohio ends moratorium on PBM audits

Buckeye Health Plan launches new program that expands pharmacist’s role in patient care

Ohio Senate passes legislation to expand patient access to pharmacist services!

Legislation introduced to expand pharmacist consult agreements!

Pharmacists tapped by UnitedHealthcare to expand access to care and help improve health outcomes in Ohio

Ohio Department of Medicaid lowers barriers for prescription drug access

Ohio implements emergency expansion of pharmacist consult agreements

Ohio places moratorium on PBM audits amid COVID-19 pandemic

OPA releases sample protocol for pharmacists to dispense epinephrine autoinjectors without a prescription

Ohio pours gasoline on the US Supreme Court's PBM fire

HB 341 passes Ohio House of Representatives unanimously!

January Legislative Update: Reform Proposals on DIR Fees

OPA joins a large coalition of national pharmacy groups in applauding the latest version of the bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, ...

December Legislative Update: Expanding LAI and Medicaid PBMs

On November 5, OPA Independent Special Interest Group Chair Mimi Hart and OPA Director of Government & Pubic Affairs Antonio Ciaccia went to the Ohio Statehouse to provide testimony in support of HB 341, which seeks to expand the portfolio of medications that pharmacists can administer to patients.

November Legislative Update: Implementing Provider Status

OPA's Stu Beatty speaks at CMS, Administrator Verma hints at Medicare provider status

October Legislative Update: Senators Brown and Portman push for DIR fee reforms

Ohio is ground zero for pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) disruption. OPA has spent significant time and resources breaking open the black box, and working with ...

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