Inside this issue of Express Scripts Network Pharmacy Weekly you will find:

• NCPDP External Code List
• NY Opioids Update
• Opioid Change for Anthem
• Amerigroup Formulary Updates

*Please see attached PDF for more information.

ATTENTION PHARMACIES:

Opioid Prescribing Limits – Effective October 1, 2016

Managed Health Services (MHS) has worked with the State Medicaid program to determine a set of common criteria that balances the clinical need for opioid pain medications, while helping to minimize the number of members on opioid medications for longer than clinically needed. This was a collaborative effort to create limits that support both CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and the Indiana Pain Management Prescribing Rules.

With the upcoming reclassification of hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) into Schedule II on Oct. 6, 2014, your patients may have questions or concerns about obtaining and refilling their prescriptions.