Medicaid pays for approved drug items when they are properly prescribed for eligible Medicaid recipients and dispensed in accordance with state and federal regulations. Additionally, program-specific benefits and limitations have been established to foster medically appropriate and cost-effective drug use by Medicaid recipients.
 

• Brand Limit - FAQs - Effective 1-1-08
   
• Cough and Cold Medication by Brand Name - Effective 7-1-09
   
• Cough and Cold Medication by Generic Name - Effective 7-1-09
   
• Hospice Palliative Drug List - Updated 6-19-07
   
• Physician Drug Fee Schedule - Updated 11-1-09
   
• SMAC - Link to Alabama Medicaid Pharmacy State Maximum Allowable Cost (SMAC)/ Myers and Stauffer webpage
  
  
• Maximum Unit List - Alphabetical - Effective 10-1-09
  
  
• Maximum Unit List - Therapeutic - Effective 10-1-09
   
• Medicare Part D - Excluded Drugs Information Sheet  - Information on Drugs Not Covered by Medicare Part D that will be covered by Alabama Medicaid
   
• Nutritionals - Covered - Effective 11-5-09
  
  
• Nutritionals - Non-Covered - Effective 1-4-08
  
  
• Nutritional Diagnosis Grid - Updated 11-5-09
  
  
• Over-The-Counter Drugs- Updated 4-14-09
   
• Pharmacy Denial Information Form
   
• Preferred Drug List - Effective 10-1-09
   

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