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OARRS E-Newsletter May 2018

Prescriber Practice Reports to be Released Next Week

Next week, the Board will be distributing via email the next round of Prescriber Practice Reports. These proactive reports provide a snapshot of each clinician’s prescribing of controlled substance medications. To assist prescribers in reviewing the reports, the Board has developed the following guidance document: www.pharmacy.ohio.gov/practicereport .

Prescribers: Verify Your Information if Using Integrated Version of OARRS For users who are integrated, your OARRS activity is tracked using a specific identifier. For most prescribers, it is your NPI number or DEA number.  To verify your information is correct, prescribers using OARRS integrated systems should do the following: Contact your IT staff to determine what identifier is used for your integrated system. (NOTE: The Board does not have this information.) Once you have confirmed your identifier, log-in to your OARRS account, click your name (upper right hand corner), then select “My Profile” and verify that this information is included on your account. If your identifier matches what is listed, then you do not need to do anything else. If it does not match, you must send an email to the Board of Pharmacy at [email protected] requesting the change. The email must include your name, the email address you use to sign in, and the identifier which needs to be added.

Responsible Pharmacists: Make Sure You Are Linked to Your Pharmacy's Dispensing Account to Make Data Corrections

If you are the person responsible for correcting data errors associated with your pharmacy data submissions to OARRS, you must make sure that your pharmacy is linked to your OARRS account in order to be able to make corrections from within the AWARE system.    To verify your pharmacy is linked to your OARRS account: Log-in to your OARRS account, click your name (upper right hand corner), then select “My Profile”  Ensure that your pharmacy’s DEA number is listed under “Employer DEA Numbers” If your pharmacy is not linked to your OARRS account, you must send an email to the Board of Pharmacy at [email protected] requesting to be linked. The email must include your name, the email address you use to log into AWARE, and the DEA number of your pharmacy.