State Legislation
POMA is the only representative voice for DOs and their patients with the Pennsylvania General Assembly. POMA tracks dozens of bills dealing with issues on public health, scope of practice, physician reimbursement tort reform and many others.
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POMA Prepares for PA General Assembly Return
Written by Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Association Affairs, Andy Sandusky
September 6, 2019
Members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate are set to return to Harrisburg for Legislative business in the next two or three weeks respectively. POMA is readying and positioning itself to work on multiple issues important to POMA members. The first is opposition to Senate Bill 25, which is in the House Professional Licensure Committee. SB 25 would remove the collaborative agreement requirements between physicians and CRNPs, leaving them to make acts of medical diagnoses and prescribe therapeutic responses with no oversight of a physician. POMA has argued this is not the best interests of patients based in part on the vast difference in training and education between physicians and CRNPs.
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Update on Act 96 of 2018 - Electronic Prescribing of Scheduled Drug Prescriptions
Written by Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Association Affairs, Andy Sandusky
August 28, 2019
POMA has continued to issue information and advisories regarding Act 96 of 2018, which requires scheduled drug prescriptions be submitted electronically and goes into effect on October 24, 2019. POMA has fielded many communications from physicians asking for specifics on compliance with the law. The Department of Health (Department) finally issued a Frequently Asked Questions document on last Friday which provides many answers to your specific questions. Please review the website link at your earliest convenience.
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Does Your Practice Prescribe Buprenorphine?
Written by Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Association Affairs, Andy Sandusky
August 23, 2019
Does your Practice Prescribe Buprenorphine?
Legislation regulating office-based prescribing of buprenorphine is set to be voted on by the House Human Services Committee on Wednesday, September 18. Senate Bill 675 will require office-based physicians get certified by the state, in addition to what is already required for DEA compliance; pay a fee (up to $500) to the state, in addition to what is already required for DEA compliance; and before you can prescribe buprenorphine, the patient must be in a treatment addiction program licensed by the state.
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Required Scheduled Drug E-Scripts — POMA Continues Its Work on Act 96 of 2018 Clarification
Written by Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Association Affairs, Andy Sandusky
August 8, 2019
POMA has been in constant communication with the PA Department of Health (DOH) as it works to implement a law that goes into effect in October that will require electronic prescribing of scheduled prescriptions. The DOH is required to release regulations on how physicians can comply with the law, but because of the short time-frame, it will not be able to until after the law is already in effect.
Therefore, DOH has established an interim temporary exemption process as POMA recently reported. Since that time, POMA member questions and need for clarification have been plentiful and staff is doing its best to stay on top of the DOH’s intentions on regulating the new law.
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POMA Recommendation Regarding Act 96 of 2018
Written by Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Association Affairs, Andy Sandusky
July 9, 2019
Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act - Professional Prescription, Administration and Dispensing
Act 96 of 2018 requires electronic prescriptions for scheduled drugs II-V. The public policy intent is a very good one, which is to mitigate scheduled prescriptions falling into the wrong hands. It is likely that many POMA members already use e-scripts for their scheduled drug prescriptions. In these cases, Act 96 merely codifies in the law what you are already doing. However, what if you are a small independent POMA member?
The Department of Health is required to promulgate regulations before the effective date of the law in October 2019. As the Department continues to work on the regulations, it is putting into place a temporary exemption process via an electronic form which covers one year from the time of submission to the Department. The reasons for the request for temporary exemption is for any or all of the following: Economic Hardship, Technical Limitations and Exceptional Circumstances.
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