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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
Pharmacy Operations
The Louisiana Medicaid Pharmacy Benefits Management system uses state-of-the-art features to operate pharmacy claims processing in realtime for its entire Medicaid population. These features include:
- Federally approved Medicaid Management Information (MMIS) system;
- Web-based Clinical Drug Inquiry Support Application and Clinical Data Inquiry (e-CDI);
- Prospective and Retrospective Drug Utilization Review Programs; and
- Beneficiary Prescriber and/or Pharmacy Lock-in Program
The pharmacy section contracts with its fiscal intermediary, Gainwell Technologies, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) College of Pharmacy to provide the administrative, technical and clinical support functions for the Pharmacy Operations.
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The State's Medicaid provider newsletter, The Provider Update, published by the fiscal intermediary in conjunction with ULM College of Pharmacy several times a year, produces educational articles for prescribers and pharmacists on various disease states and treatment modalities.