On February 11, federal Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) sent a letter to state Medicaid directors providing additional guidance on how they can become compliant with the final … [Read more…]

Even after overdosing on opioid medications, more than nine out of 10 patients continued to get prescriptions for powerful painkillers, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal … [Read more…]

Introduced by 11 members of the WV House of Delegates, House Bill 4183 requires pharmacists to continually monitor the West Virginia Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (CSMP), maintained by the Board … [Read more…]

House Bill 4035 approved by the House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Committee, January 18, permits pharmacists to furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed … [Read more…]