On Tuesday, December 9, Mylan Pharmaceuticals launched the generic equivalent of Orapred ODT® (prednisolone sodium phosphate ODT).

During the week of December 8, 2014, an APNS staff member will be contacting you by phone to complete the PRO Wellness enrollment process.  You should have already received the PRO Wellness electronic enrollment packet via email from DocuSign.  This packet includes the PRO Wellness enrollment forms and a business associate agreement. An APNS staff member will walk you quickly through the enrollment process and schedule an appointment date/time for a PrescribeWellness account representative to assist you with the download of software required for accessing the Pro Wellness dashboard. 

McKesson is offering a special price on short-dated NADOLOL.

This week's Generic News contains information on McKesson updates to the OneStop program, Price Assurance Price Alerts, Price Increase Advance Notifications, as well as information on market pricing for a variety of medications.

As you are aware, CMS requires all Medicare Part D claims to have a Patient Residence Code (PRC). There are only certain PRCs that CMS considers valid; 00, 01, 03, 04, 06, 09 & 11. Effective January 1st, 2015, OptumRx will only accept these valid CMS PRCs, and reject all others.