The Colorado Board of Pharmacy has denied Medicaid officials and a private insurer access to the state's prescription drug registry, according to a Denver Post report.
The state registry records all dispensed prescription for controlled substances, and allows physicians and pharmacists to review drug histories for their patients. Access to the registry was reportedly sought in an effort to curb "doctor-shopping" and filling the same painkiller prescriptions at multiple pharmacies.
"It would have been one more tool we would have had to intervene and get people into case management," Steve Nolan, pharmacy director for Rocky Mountain Health Plans in Grand Junction, told the Post.
The pharmacy board says the database is only intended for physicians and pharmacists to access prescription information for patients under their care.
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The state registry records all dispensed prescription for controlled substances, and allows physicians and pharmacists to review drug histories for their patients. Access to the registry was reportedly sought in an effort to curb "doctor-shopping" and filling the same painkiller prescriptions at multiple pharmacies.
"It would have been one more tool we would have had to intervene and get people into case management," Steve Nolan, pharmacy director for Rocky Mountain Health Plans in Grand Junction, told the Post.
The pharmacy board says the database is only intended for physicians and pharmacists to access prescription information for patients under their care.
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