Massachusetts State Profile

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PMP Region:

East

Name of Program:

Prescription Monitoring Program

Website:

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Agency Name:

Department of Public Health

Agency Type:

Department of Health

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State Information

State Population:

6,497,967

Number of Pharmacies in State:

1,136

Number of Practitioners/Prescribers:

31,655

Prescription Records collected in 2008:

3,445,158

State Fiscal Year?:

yes

Fiscal Year Dates:

July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009

Frequency of data collected:

Weekly

Data collected from pharmacies?:

yes

Data collected from dispensing practitioners?:

no

Patient History Reports for Fiscal Year:

120

Drug Schedules Monitored

Schedule II:

yes

Schedule III:

yes

Schedule IV:

yes

Schedule V:

yes

If Other Drugs:

MA has authority to collect prescription data on other prescription drugs (i.e., other than CII - CV) by order of the Commissioner of Public Health.

Who May Request Patient Information?

Prescribers:

yes

Pharmacists:

yes

Pharmacies:

yes

Law Enforcement:

yes

Licensing Boards:

yes

Patients:

yes

If other requester (specify):

With respect to Medicaid, "Medicaid fraud and abuse investigations (AG and Medicaid offices)"

De-identified data provided to researchers?:

yes

Legislation

Year PMP Legislation Enacted:

1992

Year PMP Became Operational:

1994

Laws/statute Citation:

MASS. GEN. LAWS. ANN. ch. 94C, §§ 1 to -48

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Regulation/rule Citations:

105MASS. CODE REGS. 700.001, 700.006 & 701.004; 247MASS. CODE REGS. 2.00 & 5.04

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