The Nevada Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) has executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to participate in NABP PMP InterConnect^®, the system that facilitates securing sharing of PMP data across state lines.

The Illinois prescription monitoring program (PMP) and Louisiana PMP have now deployed the NABP PMP InterConnect^®, bringing the total of live participating state PMPs to 14. 

NABP is pleased to announce that the South Dakota prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) is the 12^th prescription monitoring program (PMP) to deploy NABP PMP InterConnect^®.

NABP is pleased to announce that the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting program is the 11th prescription monitoring program (PMP) to deploy NABP PMP InterConnect^®. 

NABP is pleased to announce New Mexico as the tenth prescription monitoring program (PMP) to deploy NABP PMP InterConnect®, just one month after the Association celebrated the program’s one-year anniversary. New Mexico joins PMPs in Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan,...

The practice of doctor or pharmacy shopping to illegally obtain prescription drugs was linked to drug-related deaths in a study using data from West Virginia’s PMP. Researchers analyzed Schedule II through IV prescription data from the West Virginia Controlled Substance...

Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) in the states of Idaho, Louisiana, and South Dakota have executed a memorandum of understanding with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterConnect®, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of data between state PMPs,...

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce its one-year anniversary of sharing prescription monitoring program (PMP) data through its NABP PMP InterConnectSM program. The NABP InterConnect allows authorized users in participating states to request patients’...

Developed to help fight prescription drug abuse, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has launched an online prescription monitoring program (PMP) to provide controlled substance prescription dispensing history to authorized health care providers and law enforcement. The PMP, known...

Targeting prescription drug abuse, a new Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) program will enable states to integrate prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) into electronic health records and other health information technology systems. SAMHSA announced that the Prescription Drug...

The launch of pilot programs as part of the Enhancing Access to PDMPs Project, in which NABP is participating, was announced by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)....

Aimed to help fight prescription drug abuse, proposed legislation in New York would change “the way prescription drugs are distributed and tracked” in the state. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, and New York legislators announced an...

NABP, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is pleased to announce its commitment to comply with the Prescription Monitoring Information Exchange (PMIX) Architecture to facilitate interstate data sharing. Specifically, NABP will immediately begin to implement the "Hub-to-Hub"...

Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) in Arizona and Kansas have gone live with the NABP PMP InterConnectSM, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of data between state PMPs, a key element for early detection, intervention, and prevention of substance abuse...

Beginning on March 12, 2012, Montana’s Prescription Drug Registry, operated by the Montana Board of Pharmacy, began accepting data from pharmacies. Effective April 12, 2012, pharmacies are required to report controlled substances dispensing on a weekly basis, and are also...

The South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy has implemented a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) designed to track the dispensing of controlled drugs. South Dakota is now one of 43 states using a PDMP in an effort to reduce the...

The Kentucky prescription monitoring program (PMP), known as the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) program, has executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NABP to participate in the NABP InterConnectSM, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of...

The North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy has taken action against three out-of-state pharmacies for illegally selling tramadol via Internet sites to North Dakota residents, as reported by The Jamestown Sun. The three pharmacies – located in Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and...

The Kentucky prescription monitoring program (PMP), known as the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) program, has agreed to join the NABP PMP InterConnectSM, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of data between state PMPs, a key element...

Aimed to foster a better understanding and cooperation among all stakeholders in the prescription drug abuse arena, the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit will take place April 10-12, 2012, in Orlando, FL. Keynote speakers include national officials leading the fight...

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to welcome Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) as a speaker at its 108th Annual Meeting. Kerlikowske will discuss how the prescription drug abuse...

Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) in North Dakota and South Carolina have gone live with the NABP PMP InterConnectSM, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of data between state PMPs, a key element for early detection, intervention, and prevention of...

Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) in Michigan and Connecticut have gone live with the NABP PMP InterConnectTM, the system that facilitates the secure sharing of data between state PMPs, a key element for early detection, intervention, and prevention of substance abuse...

Originally published in the January 2012 NABP Newsletter Successful implementation of the NABP PMP InterConnectSM continues, with eight additional states scheduled to make NABP InterConnect available to prescription monitoring program (PMP) users in early 2012, for a total of 11...

Originally published in the November-December 2011 NABP Newsletter The NABP PMP InterConnectSM Steering Committee met August 30-31, 2011, to finalize the governance structure of the committee and develop policies and procedures, as well as to review implementation progress and discuss...

Originally published in the October 2011 South Dakota Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The Board of Pharmacy has selected Health Information Designs (HID) as the vendor for data collection, data storage, and data reporting for the South Dakota Prescription Drug Monitoring...

The Michigan prescription monitoring program (PMP), known as the Michigan Automated Prescription System, and the New Mexico PMP have entered into agreements with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterConnectSM. The NABP InterConnect facilitates the sharing of data between...

The Virginia prescription monitoring program (PMP) has gone live with the NABP PMP InterConnectTM, and pilot users now have the ability to request and share program data with PMPs in Ohio and Indiana. NABP’s PMP InterConnect facilitates the sharing of...

On September 1, 2011, pharmacists began submitting data to the Florida Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMP), a program implemented to fight the epidemic of prescription drug abuse and diversion in the state. Florida’s law requires that pharmacists submit applicable controlled...

NABP, along with Ohio and Mississippi, two of the 10 prescription monitoring programs participating in the NABP PMP InterConnectTM, will be attending a meeting organized by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) on Thursday, August 18. PMP administrators and staff...

The Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) is the first prescription monitoring program (PMP) to exchange program data across state lines on a statewide basis using the NABP PMP InterConnectTM. Effective Tuesday, OARRS began allowing its pharmacist and prescriber users...

Two PMPs Already Using National System for Tracking Drug Abuse & Diversion NABP is pleased to announce that the NABP PMP InterConnect™ is now fully operational, providing state prescription monitoring program (PMP) users with an advanced tool for reducing prescription...

Two PMPs Already Using National System for Tracking Drug Abuse & Diversion The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that the NABP PMP InterConnect™ is now fully operational, providing state prescription monitoring program (PMP) users...

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman introduced legislation requiring the establishment of a prescription monitoring program (PMP) in the state. As reported by New York’s ABC 50, the “Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act,” or “I-STOP,” calls for the development...

The Kansas prescription monitoring program (PMP) known as K-TRACS (Kansas Tracking and Reporting of Controlled Substances) has entered into an agreement with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterConnectTM, currently under development. The NABP InterConnect will facilitate the secure...

The South Carolina Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), known as SCRIPTS (South Carolina Reporting & Identification Prescription Tracking System) has entered into an agreement with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterConnectTM, currently under development. The NABP InterConnect will facilitate...

PMPs Continue to Sign on to Participate in National System for Tracking Drug Abuse and Diversion As part of its continuing efforts to protect public health by reducing abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription medications, the National Association of Boards...

The Indiana Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), known as INSPECT (Indiana Scheduled Prescription Electronic Collection and Tracking program), has entered into an agreement with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterconnectTM, currently under development. The NABP PMP Interconnect will facilitate...

Resolution No. 107-2-11 Title: Information Exchange for Prescription Monitoring Programs Action: Pass Whereas, the development and implementation of prescription monitoring programs (PMP) provide a valuable resource for state boards of pharmacy, state boards of medicine, pharmacists, prescribers, and law enforcement...

The West Virginia Controlled Substances Monitoring Program has entered into an agreement with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterconnectTM, currently under development. The NABP PMP Interconnect will facilitate the secure transfer of PMP data across state lines and...

Originally published in the May 2011 Oregon State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter By Todd Beran, PDMP Program Coordinator The Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is a new program intended to help health care providers give patients better care. Practitioners...

Arkansas has adopted a law to require the development of a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) to be developed by the Arkansas State Board of Health. Senate Bill 345 was approved by Governor Mike Beebe on March 17, 2011. According...

The Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) has entered into an agreement with NABP to participate in the NABP PMP InterconnectTM, currently under development. The NABP PMP Interconnect will facilitate the secure transfer of PMP data across state lines and on...

Originally published in the April 2011 Alaska Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The current emphasis of the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) is the creation, initial orientation, and implementation of the PDMP Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is planned to include...

The Connecticut Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) has entered into an agreement with NABP to participate in PMP InterconnectTM, currently under development. PMP Interconnect will facilitate the secure transfer of PMP data across state lines and on a national scale, enhancing...

In Florida, legislation aimed to fight unscrupulous pain clinics, or “pill mills,” is being considered by the state House of Representatives. After revisions, including the removal of a provision that would have repealed the state’s prescription drug monitoring program law,...

The state of New Jersey has contracted a company to develop and implement its prescription monitoring program (PMP) system. A law requiring a PMP in the state was adopted in 2008 and the state received a federal grant of $350,000...

Developing System to Provide Nationwide Platform for Tracking Drug Diversion The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is pleased to announce that the prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) of North Dakota, Ohio, and Virginia have entered into agreements to participate...

The North Dakota Prescription Drug Monitoring Program has entered an agreement with NABP to participate in the PMP Interconnect™ currently under development. PMP Interconnect will facilitate the secure transfer of prescription monitoring program (PMP) data across state lines and on...

Enhancing their ability to fight prescription drug abuse, prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) in the states of Ohio and Virginia have entered agreements with NABP to participate in the PMP InterconnectTM currently under development. Building on the progress already made by...

Senate Bill 36 to establish a PMP in Georgia, passed in the state’s Senate on February 23, 2011, and has been introduced to the Georgia House. Goergia’s Times-Herald reports that if the bill passes and becomes law, the implementation of...

System will Enable Data Sharing Across State Lines Originally published in the March 2011 NABP Newsletter NABP has begun work with state prescription monitoring program (PMP) administrators to develop PMP InterconnectTM, with a pilot launch scheduled for spring 2011, and...

The Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) made changes to requirements for data and customer ID collection that went into effect January 1, 2011. The regulatory amendments expand upon current requirements to include: Reporting of prescription records for Schedules II-V Collection...

In response to an expressed need by prescription monitoring program (PMP) administrators for a way to facilitate the sharing and exchanging of data among PMP systems, NABP will be developing an interconnected communications hub for state PMPs. The “interconnect hub,”...

In response to an expressed need by prescription monitoring program (PMP) administrators for a way to facilitate the sharing and exchanging of data among PMP systems, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) will be developing an interconnected communications...

The Washington State Department of Health will be able to relaunch its prescription monitoring program (PMP) with new funding received through two federal grants. The department received both a Harold Rogers Grant from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of...

On September 23, 2010, the US House of Representatives passed the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010 (HR 5710), which would offer financial support for state PMPs. The act, currently in Senate committee review, would appropriate...

Published in the September 2010 West Virginia Board of Pharmacy Newsletter West Virginia Code Section 60A-9-4 and Rule 15-8-3 of the Board’s rules require that each time a Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance is dispensed or filled for...

Signed by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on August 9, 2010, a new law will expand and add safeguards to the state’s prescription monitoring program (PMP). The current PMP, established in Massachusetts in 1992, collects prescribing and dispensing information on Massachusetts...

Published in the July 2010 South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter During the most recent legislative session a new law was passed establishing a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) in South Dakota. This law places the responsibility for implementing...

Published in the July 2010 Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter (10-07-349) When the 2006 Louisiana Legislature enacted the Prescription Monitoring Program Act, the law directed dispensers of controlled substances and drugs of concern to report their eligible transactions to the...

On May 18, 2010, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill (PDF) that directs the Pharmacy Examining Board to create a program to monitor the dispensing of Schedule II and Schedule III prescription drugs and other prescription drugs identified by...

The Task Force on Prescription Monitoring Program Standards met October 28-29, 2009. Task force members reviewed their charge and accepted it as follows: Review and identify variations in existing prescription monitoring programs as compared to the Model Prescription Monitoring Act...

Published in the February 2010 Oregon State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter A health professions workforce data collection project has been established by the 2009 legislature. This program will require health regulatory boards to collect specific work force data from certain...

Reprinted from the October 2009 Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. The Minnesota Legislature passed a law in 2007 requiring the Board of Pharmacy to establish a controlled substances prescription electronic reporting system for all Schedule II and III controlled substance...

Published in the September 2009 Vermont Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The Vermont Department of Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs’ Web site for the Vermont Prescription Monitoring Program is up and running. The Vermont Prescription Monitoring System (VPMS)...

Published in the August 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Also effective on June 21, 2009, was rule 4729-37-07 (frequency requirements for submitting drug database information). This rule was discussed in some detail in the May issue of this...

Resolution No. 105-6-09 Title: Develop a Task Force to Research Various PMP Programs and Recommend Standards or Model Rules Action: Passed Whereas, there is an identified need to standardize prescription monitoring programs (PMP); and Whereas, many of the state boards...

Published in the May 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter In March, we sent out a request for information and a warning about the newest drug scam involving prescriptions issued by Florida doctors for Ohio individuals. We sent an...

Published in the May 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter If you are responsible for your pharmacy’s reporting process to the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) program (the Board’s prescription monitoring program), please be sure you make note...

Published in the March 2009 New Mexico Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Every pharmacy in New Mexico has been set up to receive patient utilization reports of controlled substances dispensed. The pharmacist-in-charge can register with the program online and receive a...

Published in the October 2008 Washington State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The Department of Health (DOH) was given funding to create a Prescription Monitoring Program. The program’s purpose is to identify and stop prescription drug misuse by collecting all the...

Published in the June 2008 Idaho Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The Board of Pharmacy has implemented a 24/7 online program where au¬thorized practitioners and pharmacists may check controlled substance (CS) prescriptions filled for specified individuals. Practitioners and pharmacists must register...

Published in the March 2008 Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Newsletter On February 18, 2008, all Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) data collection will be through RelayHealth. Recent communications to dispensers of controlled substances in Kentucky have highlighted the...

Published in the September 2007 New Mexico Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The prescription monitoring program is growing as more pharmacies and practitioners utilize the system. Do not forget all pharmacies and practitioners who prescribe controlled substances (CS) can request patient reports...

Reprinted from the April 2007 Montana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. The Montana Legislature is currently in session. A brief description of the bills before the Montana Legislature that directly affect the practice of pharmacy follows. House Bill (HB) 449 Rescheduling...

Reprinted from the January 2007 Montana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. The Board of Pharmacy is working in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders to implement a prescription monitoring program (PMP) in Montana. A bill authorizing the establishment of a...

Published in the October 2006 Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Pseudoephedrine (PSE) Training: As of September 30, 2006, retailers must train their employees on the new PSE restrictions using Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) materials. Go to www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/meth/trg_retail_081106.pdf. Reporting PSE...

Published in the August 2006 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter At the time of writing this Newsletter, the Board’s goal was to have the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) program (the prescription monitoring program or PMP) up and...

Published in the May 2006 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Please Note: Throughout this article, the term “drug(s)” refers only to controlled substances (CS) (all schedules), carisoprodol, and tramadol. In 2002, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio...