ORLANDO, FLA.—Medicare Part D plans should be getting ready to implement new point-of-sale claim edits for opioid dispensing, as laid out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the 2019 Final Call Letter.
Greg Miller, RPh, a senior consultant at BluePeak Advisors in Mount Gretna, Pa., spoke about the edits at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s 2018 Nexus Meeting, saying CMS’s intention with the new requirements is to improve the safety and