Due to the enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2016, (CARA 2016), approved on July 22, 2016, OptumRx would like to provide an update on a change to the partial fill requirements for Schedule II controlled substances.

In the "Claims Submission" of the Provider Manual, the last bullet of the "Additional information concerning all compounded medications" sub-section (beginning on page 22), is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is partnering with APCI member pharmacies in the state to expand its medication adherence program following a successful pilot which began late last year.

APCI recently held a fantastic CE event on the island of Maui in Hawaii.