Calendar of Events Archives
2008
12/30/2008 Singulair Prior Authorization & HFA Rescue Inhalers Step Therapy
11/25/2008 Drug Quantity Limits & Pharmacy Help Desk Holiday Hours
11/21/2008 Pharmacy Claims Processing Issues, PA Notification Letters, Tamper Resistant Prescription Requirements & Online SoonerCare Formulary Information
09/23/2008 Tamper Resistant Prescription Requirements
08/15/2008 Narcotic Analgesics Prior Authorization & Default Prescriber ID and OTC Prescriber ID
08/04/2008 Prior Authorization update on Ovide and Ocular Allergy
07/16/2008 Prior Authorization Changes, Some Narcotic Analgesics to Require PA or Step Therapy
06/10/2008 Prescribers Now Receiving Pharmacy PA Responses, Pharmacy PA Requests Do Not Require Cover Sheet; Fax Numbers have Not Changed & Beware Similar PA Forms
05/21/2008 OHCA Pharmacy Phone & Fax Numbers have not Changed, Clarification of Tamper Resistant Prescription Pad Requirement for Schedule II Drugs and Clarification of "Dear Provider" Letter dated May 12, 2008
05/16/2008 Pharmacy Claims to Begin Processing with NPI 5/22/2008, Check Your Mail & Default/OTC Prescriber ID Changes
04/21/2008 OTC Pediculicides Now Covered & Prescription-Only Pediculicides will require Prior Authorization
04/14/2008 Nasal Allergy Medications Prior Authorization & Ophthalmic Anti-Infective/Steroid Combinations
04/07/2008 Prior Authorization Fax Numbers, Request Reconsideration of SMAC & New Soon-To-Be-Sooners Program
03/18/2008 Prior Authorization update, Topical Antifungal Step Therapy, Soma & Quantity Limits
03/18/2008 Tamper Resistant Requirements
02/29/2008 OTC Pediculicides Now Covered, Dates to Remember & Revised Federal Upper Limit Pricing Delayed
02/08/2008 Substitution & Documentation Requirements, Lidoderm Prior Authorization
01/18/2008 Children's OTC Analgesic & Decongectant Medications & Prior Authorization Changes
01/04/2008 Hydrocodone Duplication
2007
11/30/2007 Lidoderm Prior Authorization & Hydrocodone Duplication
10/31/2007 Children's Cough & Cold Coverage & Prior Authorization Changes
10/15/2007 Prior Authorization Changes & Narcotics Quantity Limits
09/30/2007 Tamper Resistant Prescription Pads Requirement Delayed & Narcotics Quantity Limits
09/2007 SoonerCare Pharmacy Update
09/24/2007 Synagis Updates
09/19/2007 Tamper Resistant Prescription Requirements Update, DME Accreditation
08/28/2007 Provider NPI Data Available Soon & Soonercare Pharmacy Teleconference
08/20/2007 Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads & Soonercare Pharmacy Teleconference
07/30/2007 New Prior Authorization requirements for Amrix, Fexmid & Tekturna, NPI Reminder, Lock-in-program & Teleconferencing Update
07/13/2007 System updates, Pharmacy Teleconference Survey
06/29/2007 Effective Immediately Ocular Allergy & Insomnia products now require Prior Authorization
05/16/2007 New Prior Authorization requirements for Flector, Qualaquin, Vyvanse & NPI Update
04/27/2007 Request for Reconsideration of a SMAC price, Tier Changes & Rx for Oklahoma
04/13/2007 NPI Update
03/23/2007 New NPI information for Pharmacies
02/27/2007 Prilosec OTC Not covered, New (NPI) Claims submitting requirements, New Soonercare Pharmacy update Options
02/22/2007 New Pharmacy Claims process Effective 05/23/2007 National Provider Identifier (NPI)
02/01/2007 New Prior Authorization requirements for Glumetza, Fortamet & Exubera
01/19/2007 New Tiering, Anti-Ulcer & Fibric Acid Derivatives
2006
12/13/2006 Cough & Cold
11/22/2006 Synagis Tips & Reminders
11/22/2006 Plan B, Outage
11/16/2006 Scheduled System Outage
11/10/2006 National Provider Identifier (NPI)
10/13/2006 Effective 10/23/2006 Tier Changes
09/22/2006 New Prior Authorization requirements for Xopenex & Xopenex HFA, Reminder Prescription Fill Process
07/26/2006 Valid Date of Birth & National Provider Identifier
07/15/2006 Bladder Control Drugs
05/26/2006 Oklahoma Medicaid Drug List name change & Carisoprodol PA requirements.
05/12/2006 New Prior Authorization requirements for Darvocet A500, Balacet 325, Xopenex HFA, Ultram ER/ODT & Carisoprodol.
04/25/2006 OHCA Compounding policy
04/19/2006 Pharmacy Lock-In Referral Form
04/04/2006 Diabetic Supplies, Drug Pricing, Prescriber Number & Physician's Assistant Prescriber Number
03/22/2006 New ID Card
02/13/2006 Prescriber ID Number/Name Match Schedule
02/03/2006 Billing Tips For Members With both Medicare & Medicaid
01/26/2006 Sidekicks, Zelnorm, Boniva, Elidel, Protopic & ePocrates
01/13/2006 New Pharmacy Help Desk Phone Numbers
01/03/2006 Medicaid and Medicare Billing Tips
2005
12/14/2005 Ambien CR, Antiulcer, Fenofibrates
12/12/2005 Medicaid PDPs
11/30/2005 Medicare Part D. Prescription Drug Benefit
11/21/2005 Byetta, Niravam, Revatio & Symlin
11/03/2005 Plavix
09/26/2005 Bladder Control
09/23/2005 Step Therapy Changes
09/02/2005 Hurricane Katrina Information
07/29/2005 ProDUR Alert, Accurate Prescriber ID, Medicare Part D
07/22/2005 ProDUR Alert, Medicare Part D, Useful Pharmacy Info
06/27/2005 Quantity Limits
06/09/2005 Quantity Limits
05/27/2005 Quantity Limits
05/25/2005 Fax Update
05/20/2005 Fax Update
05/13/2005 Fax Update
04/25/2005 Fax Update
03/25/2005 Family Planning Program
03/18/2005 ProDUR High Dose and New Qty Limits
02/15/2005 Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Board Packets
01/31/2005 SSRIs Category Changes
01/01/2005 Supplemental Rebate Drugs Go Into Effect
2004
11/03/2004 Epocrates goes into Effect
07/01/2004 Supplemental Rebate Drugs Go Into Effect
06/25/2004 Fax Update
06/07/2004 New PA on PPIs Tier 2 and Other Drugs
05/14/2004 Fax Update
04/19/2004 Qty Limits Start
04/16/2004 Fax Update
04/01/2004 Supplemental Rebate Drugs Go Into Effect
02/01/2004 Smoking Cessation PA Removed For First 90 days of therapy
01/01/2004 HMOs End
01/01/2004 Script Limit Increased From 3 to 6 for TXIX and 3 to 13 for Advantage Waiver Clients
2002
12/19/2002 EDS System In Production
04/01/2002 Antihypertensive Category Added To Step Therapy
08/01/2000 NCPDP v3.2 and v5.0 Implemented; ProDUR Implementation
04/08/2000 State Maximun Allowable Cost (SMAC) Implemented
02/10/2000 Estimated Acquisition Cost (EAC) changed from AWP-10.5% to AWP-12%
04/01/1993 POS System Began Accepting Drug Claims