PPTA State Advocacy Handbook

1. Background Information

a. Staff Contacts  

b. Fact Sheets

c. Therapy Descriptions

d. Therapy Charts

e. Clinical Indications

f. Role of State Government in Plasma Therapeutics   (coming soon)

2. Key Access Issues

a. Prior Authorization and Preferred Drug Lists Talking Points (coming soon)

b. Issue Briefs

• Prior Authorization (coming soon)
• Preferred Drug Lists (coming soon)
• P&T Committees
• Clustered Prices
• Single Source Provider Contracts
• Drug Importation
• Step Therapy Protocol
• Deficit Reduction Act (coming soon)
• Impact of Medicaid Reimbursement

3.  Communicating with Policymakers

a. Sample Letter Advisory

b. Sample Legislative "Thank you" Letters

• Alpha-1
• Clotting Factor
• IVIG

c. Sample Legislative Generic Letters

• Alpha-1
• Clotting Factor
• IVIG
• Single Source Provider Contracts

d. Sample Agency Letters

Sample letter to State Medicaid Director 

List of State Medicaid Directors

List of State Pharmacy Directors (coming soon)

4. Statistics 

a. Overview

b. National Expenditures

c. State Expenditures

5. Press Materials

a. Sample Press Release

b. Sample Letter to the Editor

c. Articles

6. Resources

a. Session Dates

b. Election Calendar

c. Medicaid Law

d. List of CMS Regional Offices

e. List of Websites

f. Advocacy Groups

7. Health Policy Updates

March 2009 issue

February 2009 issue

2008 Issues

2007 Issues

For more information about PPTA's state advocacy program, please contact Bill Speir at 202-789-3100, ext. 2110.