Oregon Bulletin
April 1, 2011
Rule
Caption: Updates and changes to the
Preferred Drug List (PDL).
Adm.
Order No.: DMAP 2-2011(Temp)
Filed with Sec. of
State: 3-1-2011
Certified to be
Effective: 3-1-11 thru 8-20-11
Notice Publication
Date:
Rules Amended: 410-121-0030
Subject: The Pharmaceutical Services Program administrative
rules govern Division of Medical Assistance Programs’ (Division) payments for
services provided to certain clients. The Division will amend 410-121-0030 to
remove ineligible products from the PDL (Table 121-0030-1). The failure of
certain manufacturers to execute Supplemental Rebate Agreements with the State
resulted in the Net Price of their drug products being above the ANP for their
drug class. Consequently, the Division must immediately amend OAR 410-121-0030
to remove those drugs from the PDL that are no longer eligible for placement on
the PDL under the Division’s rules.
Rules Coordinator: Darlene Nelson—(503) 945-6927
410-121-0030
Practitioner-Managed Prescription
Drug Plan (PMPDP)
(1) The Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan
(PMPDP) is a plan that ensures that fee for service clients of the Oregon
Health Plan shall have access to the most effective prescription drugs
appropriate for their clinical conditions at the best possible price:
(a) Licensed health care practitioners (informed by the
latest peer reviewed research), make decisions concerning the clinical
effectiveness of the prescription drugs;
(b) The licensed health care practitioners also
consider the health condition of a client or characteristics of a client,
including the client’s gender, race or ethnicity.
(2) PMPDP Preferred Drug List (PDL):
(a) The PDL is the primary tool that the Department has
developed to inform licensed health care practitioners about the results of the
latest peer-reviewed research and cost effectiveness of prescription drugs;
(b) The PDL consists of prescription drugs in selected
classes that the Department, in consultation with the Health Resources
Commission (HRC), has determined represent the most effective drug(s) available
at the best possible price;
(c) For each selected drug class, the PDL shall
identify the drug(s) in the class that the Department determines to be the most
effective drug(s) and determine the Net Price for each drug and Average Net
Price of the class;
(d) The PDL shall include drugs in the class that are
Medicaid reimbursable and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined
to be safe and effective if the relative cost is less than the Average Net
Price. If pharmaceutical manufacturers enter into supplemental rebate
agreements with the Department that reduce the cost of their drug below that of
the Average Net Price for the class, the Department, in consultation with the
HRC recommendations, may include their drug on the PDL;
(e) A copy of the current PDL is available on the web
at:
www.dhs.state.or.us/policy/healthplan/guides/pharmacy/rulebooks/CRB121rb101810p.pdfin
table 121.0030-1
(3) PMPDP PDL Selection Process:
(a) The Department shall utilize the recommendations
made by the HRC, that result from an evidence-based evaluation process, as the
basis for identifying the most effective drug(s) within a selected drug class;
(b) The Department shall determine the drugs identified
in (3)(a) that are available for the best possible price and shall consider any
input from the HRC about other FDA-approved drug(s) in the same class that are
available for a lesser relative price. The Department will determine relative
price using the methodology described in subsection (4);
(c) The Department shall evaluate drug classes and
selected drugs for the drug classes periodically:
(A) Evaluation shall occur more frequently at the
discretion of the Department if new safety information or the release of new
drugs in a class or other information makes an evaluation advisable;
(B) New drugs in classes already evaluated for the PDL
shall be non-preferred until the new drug has been reviewed by the HRC;
(C) The Department shall make all changes or revisions
to the PDL, using the rulemaking process and shall publish the changes on the
Department’s Pharmaceutical Services provider rules Web page.
(4) Relative cost and best possible price
determination:
(a) The Department shall determine the relative cost of
all drugs in each selected class that are Medicaid reimbursable and that the
FDA has determined to be safe and effective;
(b) The Department may also consider dosing issues,
patterns of use and compliance issues. The Department shall weigh these factors
with any advice provided by the HRC in reaching a final decision;
(c) The Department shall determine the Average Net
Price for each PDL drug class;
(d) The Department shall include drugs on the PDL based
on all of the above and with a Net Price under the Average Net Price.
(5) Regardless of the PDL, pharmacy providers shall
dispense prescriptions in the generic form, unless the practitioner requests
otherwise, subject to the regulations outlined in OAR 410-121-0155.
(6) The exception process for obtaining non-preferred
physical health drugs that are not on the PDL drugs shall be as follows:
(a) If the prescribing practitioner, in their
professional judgment, wishes to prescribe a physical health drug not on the
PDL, they may request an exception, subject to the requirements of OAR
410-121-0040;
(b) The prescribing practitioner must request an
exception for physical health drugs not listed in the PDL subject to the
requirements of OAR 410-121-0060;
(c) Exceptions shall be granted in instances:
(A) Where the prescriber in their professional judgment
determines the non-preferred drug is medically appropriate after consulting with
the Division or the Oregon Pharmacy Help Desk; or
(B) Where the prescriber requests an exception subject
to the requirement of (6)(b) and fails to receive a report of PA status within
24 hours, subject to OAR 410-121-0060.
(7) Table 121-0030-1, PMPDP PDL (Revised, effective
3/1/11).
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are
available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.: ORS 409.010, 409.025,
409.040, 409.050, 409.110, 414.065, 414.325
Stats. Implemented: ORS 414.065
Hist.: OMAP 25-2002, f. 6-14-02
cert. ef. 7-1-02; OMAP 31-2002, f. & cert. ef. 8-1-02; OMAP 36-2002, f.
8-30-02, cert. ef. 9-1-02; OMAP 29-2003, f. 3-31-03 cert. ef. 4-1-03; OMAP
35-2003, f. & cert. ef. 5-1-03; OMAP 47-2003, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-03;
OMAP 57-2003, f. 9-5-03, cert. ef. 10-1-03; OMAP 70-2003(Temp), f. 9-15-03,
cert. ef. 10-1-03 thru 3-15-04; OMAP 82-2003, f. 10-31-03, cert. ef. 11-1-03;
OMAP 9-2004, f. 2-27-04, cert. ef. 3-1-04; OMAP 29-2004, f. 4-23-04 cert. ef.
5-1-04; OMAP 34-2004, f. 5-26-04 cert. ef. 6-1-04; OMAP 45-2004, f. 7-22-04 cert.
ef. 8-1-04; OMAP 81-2004, f. 10-29-04 cert. ef. 11-1-04; OMAP 89-2004, f.
11-24-04 cert. ef. 12-1-04; OMAP 19-2005, f. 3-21-05, cert. ef. 4-1-05; OMAP
32-2005, f. 6-21-05, cert. ef. 7-1-05; OMAP 58-2005, f. 10-27-05, cert. ef.
11-1-05; OMAP 16-2006, f. 6-12-06, cert. ef. 7-1-06; OMAP 32-2006, f. 8-31-06,
cert. ef. 9-1-06; OMAP 48-2006, f. 12-28-06, cert. ef. 1-1-07; DMAP 4-2007, f.
6-14-07, cert. ef. 7-1-07; DMAP 16-2008, f. 6-13-08, cert. ef. 7-1-08; DMAP
36-2008, f. 12-11-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09; DMAP 39-2009, f. 12-15-09, cert. ef.
1-1-10; DMAP 17-2010, f. 6-15-10, cert. ef. 7-1-10; DMAP 40-2010, f. 12-28-10,
cert. ef. 1-1-10; DMAP 2-2011(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-1-11 thru 8-20-11
Notes
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