Provider Advisories

2024
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
April 24, 2024	261	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians, and Pharmacies
April 11, 2024	260	COVID-19 Home Test Kit Coverage (2024 UPDATE)	Pharmacists, Physicians, and Pharmacies
March 13, 2024	259	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians, and Pharmacies
2023
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 28, 2023	258	Pharmacists Professional Services (UPDATED)	Pharmacists
December 26, 2023	257	Pharmacists Professional Services	Pharmacists
December 21, 2023	256	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians, and Pharmacies
December 14, 2023	255	Maryland Medicaid Prescriber Enrollment & Pharmacy Claim Processing Requirement	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
December 11, 2023	254	Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL)- January 1, 2024	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
December 9, 2023	253	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
September 29. 2023	252	COVID-19 Vaccine Reimbursement- UPDATE	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
September 15, 2023	251	COVID-19 Home Test Kit Coverage (UPDATE)	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
September 8, 2023	250	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid’s Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
July 7, 2023	249	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid’s Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
June 13, 2023	248	Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL) - July 1, 2023	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
May 23, 2023	247	Brand Vs Generic (DAW 6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid's Preferred Drug List (PDL)	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
2022
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 30, 2022	246	Advisory 246 Maryland's Preferred Drug List effective 1-1-2023
October 3, 2022	245	Advisory 245 Generic ProAir HFA is Preferred on PDL
August 29, 2022	244	Advisory 244 Amendment to Advisory #243 Brand VS Generic (DAW6)
August 9, 2022	243	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid’s Preferred Drug List (PDL)
July 06, 2022	242	Advisory 242 Brand Viibryd is preferred on Maryland Medicaid Preferred Drug List (PDL)
June 10, 2022	241	Advisory 241 Maryland's Preferred Drug List Effective July 1, 2022
February 9, 2022	240-a	Advisory 240-a Coverage of Oral Antivirals for the Treatment of COVID-19
February 8, 2022	240	Advisory 240 COVID-19 Home Test Kit Coverage
January 26, 2022	239	Brand vs Generic (DAW6) Changes to Maryland Medicaid’s Preferred Drug List (PDL)
2021
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 16, 2021	238	Updated Information Maryland Department of Health Security Incident - Pharmacy Providers. Maryland Medicaid messaging - re security incident.	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
December 14, 2021	237	Maryland Medicaid’s Preferred Drug List (PDL) – January 1, 2022	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
December 10, 2021	236	Updated Information -Maryland Department of Health Security Incident - Pharmacy Providers. Maryland Medicaid messaging - re security incident.	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
December 10, 2021	235	UPDATE-Maryland Department of Health Security Incident - Pharmacy Providers. Maryland Medicaid messaging - re security incident.	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
November 17	234	Update of Nutritional Prior Authorization (DHMH 3495) Form	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
November 15	233	Updated Hepatitis C Prior Authorization Form	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
October 4	232	Concurrent use of Opioids and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
September 1	231	Pharmacy Provider Guidance on COVID-19 Additional Vaccine Dose	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
August 4	230	Resumption of COVID-19 Emergency Activity Prior Authorization Requirements	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
July 12	229	MDH Office of Pharmacy Services Call Center Helpline Return to Live Call Operations	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
June 23	228	Elimination of Signature-less Deliveries of Pharmaceuticals	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
June 18	227	Maryland's Preferred Drug List effective 7-1-21	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
April 21	226	Changes to DAW6 Drug Program	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 20	225	Opioid Naive Participants	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 23	224	COVID-19 Vaccine Incentive Fee Increase - UPDATE	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
January 29	223	Nutritional Supplements	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
January 27	222	Updated Professional Dispensing fees	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
January 12	221	Updated Pharmacy Provider Guidance	Pharmacists and Pharmacies

2020
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 18	220	Maryland's Preferred Drug List effective 1-1-2021	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
December 11	219	Pharmacy Provider Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccines Administration	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
November 17	218	Brand Bethkis is Preferred on PDL.	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 20	217	Pharmacy Provider Guidance on Vaccines	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
September 22	216	Quantity Prescribed Field Required for Schedule II Drugs	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
August 10	215	Testing for COVID-19 by Medicaid Pharmacies - Follow-up Guidance (updated)	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
June 17	214	Maryland's Preferred Drug List 7-1-20	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
June 10	213	Testing for COVID-19 by Medicaid Pharmacies - Follow-up Guidance	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
May 29	212	Testing for COVID-19 by Medicaid Pharmacies	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 22	211	MDH Office of Pharmacy Services Call Center Helpline Changes to Voicemail System	Pharmacists, Pharmacies, Physicians and Consumers
April 7	210	14-day supply emergency override	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 3	209	Signature-less Deliveries of Pharmaceuticals - Follow-up Guidance	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 1	208	Signature-less Deliveries of Pharmaceuticals	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 27	207	14-day emergency supply	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 12	206	Waiving Early Refill Edits	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
February 13	205	Removal of Adderall XR from DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies

2019
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 13	204	Preferred Drug List 1.1.2020	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
December 10	203	Lyrica Capsules Removal from DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
December 5	202	Carve-In of HIV-AIDS Medications to MCO	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Providers
November 14	201	Hepatitis C CE Seminar	Providers and Pharmacists
October 23	200	Lyrica Oral solution Removal from DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
July 26	199	Revatio	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
July 26	198	Brand Lyrica is Preferred	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
June 19	197	Maryland's Preferred Drug List	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
April 5	196	Brand vs Generic DAW 6 changes	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 4	195	Suboxone Film now preferred	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
February 14	194	Brand vs Generic DAW 6 changes	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
January 24	193	Kapvay ER Removal from DAW6. 1.28.19	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
January 23	192	Reyataz Removal from DAW6. 2.15.19	Pharmacists and Pharmacies

2018
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 19	191	PDL Maryland's Preferred Drug List	Pharmacies, Pharmacists and Physicians
December 12	190	Carve Out of Spinraza and Cinryze	Pharmacies and Pharmacists
October 3	189	Diastat Removal from DAW 6 Program	Pharmacies, Pharmacists and Physicians
September 20	188	Carve Out of Lucemyra	Pharmacies and Pharmacists
August 3	187	Long Term Care Eligibility for Medicaid Recipients	Pharmacies and Pharmacists
June 29	186	DAW6 Suboxone Film	Pharmacies and Pharmacists
June 27	185	Preferred Drug List 7.1.18	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
April 24	184	Removal of Brand Invega	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 17	183	Norvir and Reyataz	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 16	182	Changes DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
February 13	181	Tamiflu and it's generic Change on the PDL	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
February 2	180	Change in Online Preferred drug List	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers

2017
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 20	179	Preferred Drug List 1.1.18	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
December 13	178	Sabril Powder Packet	Pharmacy, Pharmacists and Physicians
December 5	177	Carve-out of Ingrezza	Pharmacy, Pharmacists and Physicians
June 22	176	Maryland Preferred Drug List 7. 1 .17	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
June 16	175	Changes in the Opiate Class	Pharmacists , Pharmacies and Consumers
May 12	174	Brand Metadate CD Removal from DAW 6 Program	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 5	173	FSS and Nominal Price Update	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 30	172	Change in Pharmacy Reimbursement Methodology	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 29	171	(correction) Removal of Brand Seroquel XR DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 13	171	Removal of Brand Seroquel XR DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies

2016
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 21	170	Maryland's Preferred Drug List 1 1 17	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
November 18	169	Seroquel XR DAW6	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 26	168	Generic vs Brand Changes	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 19	167	Copay for Tobacco Cessation Products	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
June 14	166	PDL as of 7/ 1/ 16	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
June 1	165	Zubsolv Preferred 6.1.16	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
May 3	164	Gleevac® (Brand) tablets Is to Be Dispensed Over Its Generic	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 26	163	Nasonex® Nasal Spray 50 mcg Is Preferred (DAW6) Over Its Generic	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 3	162	Advisory 162 Brands	Pharmacists and Pharmacies

2015
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 17	161	PDL as of 1/1/2016	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
December 1	160	Brand Abilify	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
November 20	159	Invega Tablets on DAW 6 Program	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
September 30	158	Clozapine update_ REMS	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
July 9	157	Copaxone 20mg DAW6.	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
June 22	156	PDL as of 7/1/2015	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
May 12	155	Generic vs Brand	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
March 13	154	Quantity Limits	Pharmacists, Pharmacies, Physicians and Consumers

2014
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 19	153	PDL as of 1/1/2015	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Consumers
December 11	152	Intuniv DAW 6	Pharmacists, Pharmacies, Physicians and Consumers
December 11	151	Carve Out of Substance Use Disorder Medications and Suboxone	Prescribers
December 5	150	Carve-Out of Substance Use Disorder Medications	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 10	149	How to prescribe Naloxone	Prescribers
September 12	148	Carve-Out of Naloxone	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
July 30	147	Tramadol as a Controlled Substance	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
July 9	146	Changes in DAW 6 program	Pharmacists, Physicians and Pharmacies
June 17	145	PDL as of 07/01/14	Pharmacists, Physicians and Consumers
June 10	144	Quantity Limits	Pharmacists, Pharmacies, Physicians and Consumers
April 23	143	Autorefill and return to stock	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 11	142	QL Update	Pharmacists, Physicians and Consumers

2013
Date	Number	Subject	Targeted Provider
December 26	141	MD PDL	Pharmacists, Physicians and Consumers
December 19	140	Cymbalta	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
December 5	139	OTC Plan B no age limit	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 25	138	Update on MADAP Program	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 24	137	Extended Outage	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 15	136	PAC program	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
October 9	135	Brand name Lidoderm	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
July 24	134	Peer Review Program Expansion 0 to 17	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
July 12	133	Some Brands Preferred over generics July 2013	Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Physicians
July 1	132	MD PDL 7.1.13	Pharmacists, Physicians and Consumers
May 29	131	Some Brands Preferred over generics June 2013	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
April 1	130	72 hours emergency supply	Pharmacists and Pharmacies
January 8	129	Openings on P&T Committee	Pharmacists, Physicians and Consumers

2012
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 28	128	Preferred Drug List Update	Pharmacies
December 20	127	Drug Coverage Changes for Full Duals	Pharmacies
December 17	126	Update on New Operating System for MMPP	Pharmacies
December 11	125	Holiday Payment Schedule	Pharmacies
November 27	124	Metadate CD Becomes a Preferred Brand in Medicaid	Pharmacies
November 7	123	Some Brands Preferred over generics Nov. 2012	Pharmacies
November 7	122	No PA Required for Tier 2 Abilify for ages 10-17	Prescribers
October 11	121	Ovide Will No Longer Be Brand Preferred	Pharmacies
October 4	120	New Operating System for MMPP	Pharmacies
September 19	119	Geodon Will No Longer Be Brand preferred	Pharmacies
September 18	118	Lexapro Will No Longer Be Brand Preferred	Pharmacies
September 14	117	Prior Authorization for Tier 2 and Non-preferred Antipsychotic Drugs	Pharmacies and Prescribers
August 7	116	New Web Address for Pharmacy Program	Pharmacies and Prescribers
July 20	115	Peer Review Programs Expanded to Include Children up to Age 10	Pharmacies and Prescribers
July 3	114	Changes in Preferred Brands vs Generics: Kadian and Roxicodone	Pharmacies
June 27	113	Preferred Drug List July 1, 2012	Prescribers and Pharmacies
June 8	112	Updates to List of Brand Drugs Preferred vs Generics on the Maryland Medicaid Preferred	Pharmacies and Prescribers
May 30	111	Lipitor No Longer Brand Preferred on Maryland Medicaid Preferred Drug List	Prescribers and Pharmacies
April 25	110	Medicaid Prefers Brands Lexapro and Geodon	Pharmacies and Prescribers
February 3	109	Medicaid Temporarily Authorizes Brand Prevacid Solutabs	Prescribers and Pharmacies
January 4	108	Late Refills for HIV Drugs - Again	Pharmacies

2011
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 29	107	Preferred Drug List Update	Pharmacies and Prescribers
December 29	106	Cost of Dispensing Analysis	Pharmacies
December 21	105	Holiday Payment Schedule	Pharmacies
December 20	104	Transition to D.0	Pharmacies
December 20	103	Transition to D.0 for LTC Pharmacies	Pharmacies
December 13	102	Changes in Preferred Multisource Brands on PDL, Use DAW 6	Prescribers and Pharmacies
December 5	101	Clarify Regulation Changes	Pharmacies
November 30	100	Pharmacy Services Regulation Changes	Pharmacies
November 4	99	Late Refills for HIV/AIDS Medications	Pharmacies and Prescribers
October 7	98	Peer Review Program for Antipsychotics	Pharmacies and Prescribers
June 30	97	Preferred Drug List Update	Pharmacies and Prescribers
June 29	96	Dispensing Fee Changes	All Pharmacies
June 28	95	Preferred Brands on the PDL, Use DAW 6	Pharmacies and Prescribers
June 27	94	Corrective Managed Care Programs and Misuse of Controlled Substances	Pharmacies
June 23	93	Quantity Limits and Dose Optimization	Physicians and Pharmacies
May 13	92	OIG Audits	Pharmacies
May 13	91	List of Preferred Multisource Brands Has Changed	Prescribers and Pharmacies
April 29	90	Notice of Survey for Dispensing Fee	Pharmacies
March 23	89	Kapvay for Ages 6-17 Moved to Mental Health Carve-Out	Pharmacies and Prescribers
February 25	88	Important Changes Related to Prior Authorization Requests for Fee-for-Service Members	Pharmacies and Prescribers

2010
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
September 30	87	Generic vs Brand on the Preferred Drug List	Prescribers and Pharmacies
September 30	86	Updated Preferred Drug List Effective October 1, 2010	Prescribers and Pharmacies
July 19	85	Reminder: Tamper Resistant Prescriptions Required for Medicaid Rx	Prescribers and Pharmacies
June 28	84	Intuniv Moved to Mental Health Formulary for MCO Members Aged 6-17 Effective July 1, 2010	Prescribers and Pharmacies
April 16	83	Limited Coverage of OTC Drugs for Dual Eligibles	Prescribers and Pharmacies
April 1	82	Few Exceptions to Generic Substitution	Prescribers and Pharmacies
March 31	81	Preferred Drug List Effective April 1, 2010	Prescribers and Pharmacies
March 13	80	Over the Counter Plan B Coverage	Pharmacies
February 9	79	Rubber Stamped Prescribed Are Invalid	Prescribers and Pharmacies
January 26	78	Effective handling of Claim Rejections	Pharmacies

2009
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 18	77	Holiday Closings	Pharmacies and Prescribers
October 9	76	Update on mass Adjustments of legend Insulins	Pharmacies
October 1	75	Over-the-Counter Plan B Coverage Up-Date	Pharmacies
October 2	74	Some Multisource Brand Name Drugs Preferred Over Generics	Pharmacies and Prescribers
October 1	73	Preferred Drug List Effective October 1, 2009	Pharmacies and Prescribers
October 1	72	Changes for the Status of Antipsychotic Medication on Preferred Drug List	Prescribers
September 30	71	30-Day Emergency Supply of Atypical Antipsychotics	Pharmacies
September 24	70	Mass Adjustment for Legend Insulins	Pharmacies
June 29	69	Changes in Mental Health Carve Out	Pharmacies and Prescribers
May 19	68	New Denial Codes for Non-rebatable Drugs, DESI and Obsolete Drugs	Pharmacies
April 22	67	Not all Generics are Preferred	Pharmacies and Prescribers
April 9	66	Preferred Drug List Effective April 1, 2009	Pharmacies and Providers
April 7	65	Maryland Medicaid May Cover up to a 30-day Emergency Supply of Atypical Antipsychotics	Pharmacies
March 24	64	Time Limit Extended for Filing Claims	Pharmacies
February 18	63	Prescriber NPI Required on Pharmacy Claims, Effective March 1, 2009	Prescribers
February 18	62	Claim Must Have Prescriber NPI	Pharmacies

2008
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 22	61	Pharmacy Hotline Holiday Schedule	Pharmacies
December 9	60	Depo-medroxyprogesterone	Pharmacies
December 18	59	Payments Delayed One Week	Pharmacies
September 24	58	30-day Emergency Supply May be Available for Atypical Antipsychotic Prescriptions	Pharmacies
September 22	57	Required Tamper-resistant Pad Features Effective October 1, 2008	Pharmacies
September 22	56	Required Tamper-resistant Prescription Pad Features Effective October 1, 2008	Prescribers
September 18	55	Automatic Correction of Underpayments for CellCept, Lunesta, Xopenex, Fuseon kit and Travatan Z Claims	Pharmacies
September 12	54	Scheduled Down Time for Medicaid Claims Processing System	Pharmacies
August 20	53	Physician Administered Medications	Prescribers
July 16	52	Intervention Codes	Pharmacies
July 15	51	Pain Management Agreements	Prescribers
June 25	50	Information about Formularies, PDL and PAs at Epocrates.com and DHMH website	Prescribers and Pharmacies
May 2	49	Prescriber NPI	Pharmacies
April 11	48	POS System Maintenance	Pharmacies
April 3	47	Preferred Drug List, effective April 1, 2008	Prescribers and Pharmacies
March 26	46	NPI Information for Prescribers	Prescribers and Pharmacies
March 7	45	Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Features to be Phased in Beginning April 1, 2008	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
February 26	44	Reminder: At Least One Recognized Tamper Resistant Feature Required as of April 1, 2008 on all Written Medical Prescriptions	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
February 12	43	Temporary Technical Difficulty Processing Medstar Family Choice Claims	All Pharmacies
February 6	42	March 1- NPI Required on Claims	Providers

2007
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 27	41	Atypical Antipsychotics, Zyprexa Step Therapy, AIDS/HIV Drugs Carved Out from MCOs, Refills of Controlled Drugs	Providers and Prescribers
October 1	40	Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads Are Delayed Until April 1, 2008	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
August 29	39	Changes to Preferred Drug List	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
May 9	38	Correction of Underpayments, Over-the-Counter Plan B Coverage, Clinical Criteria for Cymbalta, Coordination of Benefits	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
April 12	37	Possible Underpayments, Unacceptable Prescriber DEA Numbers, Early Refills for Recently Discharged Long Term Care	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
March 28	36	Explanations of Some Claim Rejection Messages, New EVS Inquiry Phone Number, NPI Reminder, and Changes to Preferred Drug List (PDL) effective April 2007	All Pharmacies
February 9	35	Late Payments	All Pharmacies
February 5	34	New Medicaid POS Claims Processor	All Pharmacies
January 24	33	POS System To Be Shutdown: New Fax Numbers for PAs	All Pharmacies
January 17	32	Reminder - POS Provider Training	All Pharmacies

2006
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 21	31	New POS Processor; Zocor®; Prescription Transfers; Part D Questions	All Pharmacies
October 5	30	Pharmacy Dispensing Fee Survey	All Pharmacies
September 27	29	Changes to the Preferred Drug List; New EVS System; Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
July 28	28	Brand Name PDL Anomalies Useful Medicare Part D Phone Numbers	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
June 29	27	New Primary Adult Care	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
May 11	26	New Primary Adult Care Program (PAC) Medicare Part D Exception and Prior Authorization Request Form	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
March 23	25	Revised Preferred Drug List Transition from Pharmacy Assistance to Medicare Part D	Prescribers and All Pharmacies
March 2	24	Dummy DEA Numbers Medicare Pare D Issues	All Pharmacies
February 22	23	Changes to the Preferred Drug List (PDL) Effective April 2006	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
January 10	22	Useful Medicare Phone Numbers & Medicaid Coverage of Drug Classes Excluded from Medicare Part D Basic Plans	All Pharmacies

2005
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 16	21A	Temporary Suspension of Early Refill Edits for Medicare Recipients	Prescribers
December 14	21	Temporary Suspension of Early Refill Edits for Medicare Recipients	All Pharmacies
November 23	20	Medicare Part D	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
September 16	19	Changes to the Preferred Drug List (PDL) Step Therapy for Stimulants and Related Agents Revised Quantity Limits for Emend	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
September 12	18	Hurricane Katrina Evacuees and Maryland Medicaid Program	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
June 23 (Revised June 28)	17	Revised Preferred Drug List Special Grandfathering for Norvasc, Coreg and Zetia Safety Concerns for Certain Generics Antimigraine (Triptan) Quantity Limits	Prescribers and all Pharmacies
April 28	16	Claims Processing Upgrade Notes	All Pharmacies
April 13	15	Planned Claims Processing System Maintenance	All Pharmacies
March 1	14	Further Clarification: Atypical Antipsychotic Dose Optimization Appropriate Use of Palladone Grandfathering Non-Preferred Mental Health Drugs	Prescribers and all Pharmacies

2004

2003
Date	Number	Subjects	Targeted Provider
December 12	4	Revised Preferred Drug List (PDL): Cumulative Update for Prescribers	Prescribers
November 3	3	Preferred Drug List (PDL Implementation) PDL Instructions for the Prescriber	Prescribers
October 31	2	Preferred Drug List (PDL Implementation) PDL Instructions for the Pharmacist	Community Pharmacies
October 9	1	Change in Pharmacy Assistance Co-pay	Community Pharmacies