Pharmacy Services

The Vendor is required to provider of comprehensive pharmacy services for adult correctional facilities across the State.
- The population served includes adults and juveniles requiring medical, psychiatric, substance use, and chronic disease care.
- Pharmacy Operations & Dispensing
• Central-fill, remote dispensing, or hybrid service models suitable for statewide correctional operations.
• Standard and stat order processing timelines appropriate for secure facilities.
• Courier services for stat orders
• Packaging solutions that support medication passes, restricted movements, and cell-side administration. Packaging includes blister packs, pill packs etc.
• Processes for controlled substance dispensing, accountability, and disposal compliant with board of pharmacy and department requirements.
• After-hours, weekend, and holiday support models.
- Medication Distribution & Delivery Logistics
• Delivery routes and frequency to facilities across the state, including rural locations.
• Contingency planning for weather delays, transportation limitations, and facility lockdowns.
• Systems to track deliveries, verify receipt, document discrepancies, and maintain chain of custody.
• Systems to ensure secure distribution of controlled substances with chain of command.
• Solutions that accommodate secure entrances, property protocols, and restricted-access environments.
- Clinical Pharmacy Services
• Support for chronic disease management, psychiatric care, substance use disorder treatment, and mat including long term injectable.
• Medication therapy management and clinical consultation for complex cases.
• Intake medication reconciliation and transitions-of-care support during transfers or release.
• Drug utilization review (DUR), formulary optimization, and recommendations tailored to agency needs.
• Formulary management.
- Technology, Integration, & Reporting
• Integration with agency electronic health record systems currently NextGen.
• Support for electronic prescribing and secure communication.
• Reporting on utilization, trends, controlled substances, compliance metrics, and audits.
• Tele pharmacy options for remote consultation or coverage.
• Cybersecurity protection for PHI consistent with state requirements.
- Compliance, Quality Assurance, & Security Requirements
• Compliance with board of pharmacy, act, and aca standards.
• Quality assurance, incident review, and continuous improvement processes.
• Policies for diversion prevention, error reduction, and medication security.
• Staffing qualifications, credentialing, and security clearance procedures.
• Participation in quarterly P&T meetings.
• Maintenance of formulary list.
• Process to monitor and manage no formulary medication usage.
• Polypharmacy reviews and management.
- Cost Structure & Cost Management
• Information on pricing models such as per-prescription, PMPM, or hybrid.
• Drug cost containment strategies including formulary management and generic utilization.
• Transparency around rebates, specialty drug processes, and high-cost medication management.
• Familiarity and experience with 340B Drug Pricing Programs.