North Carolina News: Item 2125 - Medicaid Clarifies Its Use of Physician DEA Numbers

October 1, 2006 4:03 pm

Reprinted from the October 2006 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.

Item 2119 in the July 2006 Newsletter suggested that North Carolina Medicaid auditors were enforcing requirements of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number for non-controlled prescriptions for purposes of payment. North Carolina Medicaid states that this is not accurate. North Carolina Medicaid does not recoup monies based on missing or incomplete DEA numbers as part of a prescription. This is not an area that is part of routine Medicaid pharmacy audits. Pharmacists are reminded that they can call Electronic Data Systems for claims submission assistance at 1-800/688-6696 and can call Division of Medical Assistance for general post payment review audit questions at 919/647-8000.