NYS Medicaid Preferred Drug List Effective 6.17.10

The following link will take you to the most recent updated Preferred Drug List.  Please feel free to share this with your members or post a link to your website.  If your organization would like to schedule a presentation or if you have any questions or concerns regarding this program, please contact 518-951-2051.

Please be aware of changes to the preferred and non-preferred status of some drugs on the preferred drug list, effective June 17, 2010.

In addition to these changes, the New York State Medicaid Clinical Drug Review Program (CDRP) is expanding to require prior authorization for the following:

• Growth Hormones (Genotropin®, Nutropin®, Nutropin AQ®, Saizen®, Humatrope®, Norditropin®, Omnitrope®, Tev-Tropin®, and Zorbtive®) for enrollees 21 years of age or older effective June 17, 2010.

Please visit https://newyork.fhsc.com/

The preferred drug list can be found at:

https://newyork.fhsc.com/downloads/providers/NYRx_PDP_PDL.pdf

A ‘quicklist’ of preferred drugs only can be found at:

https://newyork.fhsc.com/downloads/providers/NYRx_PDP_PDLquicklist.pdf

Prior Authorization Forms and Worksheets can be found at:

https://newyork.fhsc.com/providers/PA_forms.asp

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY all changes to the NYS Medicaid Preferred Drug List will be communicated to providers via the monthly Medicaid Update publications.  Notifications will no longer be mailed to providers.

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