Medicaid Preferred Drug List Revisions for Albuterol Inhalers
Date: 10/04/21
The Iowa Medicaid Enterprise is implementing changes due to availability issues for albuterol inhalers.
Effective November 5, 2021, the following products will be non-preferred on the Iowa Medicaid Preferred Drug List (PDL):
- Albuterol HFA
- Levalbuterol tartrate
- ProAir Digihaler
- Proventil HFA
- Xopenex HFA
The following products will remain preferred on the PDL, pending Pharmaceutical & Therapeutics (P&T) Committee review:
- ProAir HFA
- ProAir RespiClick
- Ventolin HFA
Please contact CVS at 1-888-996-0082 or Iowa Total Care at 1-833-404-1061 with questions regarding coverage of these products by Iowa Medicaid.