Alaska Senate Bill 74 Of 2016: Medicaid Reform; Telemedicine; Drug Database

On April 17, 2016, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) passed Alaska Senate Bill 74 of 2016 on a number of different topics including Medicaid reform, telemedicine, and a drug database. The Act includes information on feasibility reports for privatizing the state psychiatric hospital and a nursing home pharmacy program; telemedicine regulations for audiologists; the prescribing of controlled substances; an integrated Medicaid behavioral health program; and broad guidelines for the creation of a Medicaid reform initiative . . .