Latest Pharmacy News and Notices
The latest pharmacy provider billing updates and news notices will be posted here. Please check daily for updates.
Inhaled Glucocorticoid and Glucocorticoid/Bronchodilator Combinations
Effective March 11, 2024, the Division of Medicaid has removed minimum age restrictions from inhaled glucocorticoid and glucocorticoid/bronchodilator combinations. In addition, fluticasone HFA (generic of recently discontinued Flovent HFA) is now designated as preferred on the Preferred Drug List (PDL).
Non-preferred products are subject to prior authorization criteria as described on the PDL, which can be viewed at https://medicaid.ms.gov/preferred-drug-list/.
New Medication Management Component of Elderly & Disabled (E&D) Waiver
Exciting Opportunity for MS Medicaid Pharmacy Providers: New Medication Management Component of Elderly & Disabled (E&D) Waiver, effective 2-1-2024. Pharmacists who are interested in participating must watch the video found here and submit an email to dompharmacyoffice@medicaid.ms.gov as follows:
Email subject: “E&D Waiver medication management”
Email body: Pharmacy Name, Address and County , Pharmacist Contact Name, Phone Number, Fax Number, Medicaid ID #, NPI#
PRN Updates for Pharmacy Providers – Updated Nov. 15, 2022
Medicaid allows the generic mandate requirement to be overridden for brand name narrow therapeutic index (NTI) drugs to include Coumadin, Dilantin, Lanoxin, Synthroid, and Tegretol … Read more.
Attention Pharmacy Providers! New Fiscal Agent effective October 1, 2022
The new fee-for-service (FFS) pharmacy processing information is as follows:
BIN #: 025151 PCN: DRMSPROD
Pharmacy Claims and Prior Authorization Call Center number: 1-833-660-2402
Pharmacy Prior Authorization fax number: 1-866-644-6147
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Claims and Prior Authorization – Gainwell Technologies
Please contact our fiscal agent, Gainwell Technologies, for questions or problems relating to any Pharmacy Prior Authorization or POS claims issues.
Toll-free: | 1-833-660-2402 |
Pharmacy PA Fax: | 1-866-644-6147 |
Provider/Member Call Center: | 1-800-884-3222 |
Provider Fax: | 1-866-644-6148 |
Mississippi Medicaid Prescribers – registered users
If you are a Mississippi Medicaid prescriber, submit your prior authorization requests through the Gainwell Technologies provider portal.
Medicaid Office of Pharmacy Contact Information
Phone: | 601-359-5253, #4 |
Fax: | 601-359-9555 |