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Controlling Board approves additional spending authority for specialty and backordered medications
Summary
The board approved two requests from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to grant spending authority with Capital Wholesale and Cardinal Health to secure medications when prime vendors are backordered or when specialty drugs are only available from a single distributor.
The Ohio Controlling Board approved Aug. 18 two requests from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to grant spending authority with non‑prime vendors to ensure continuity of medication supply for state entities. Vanessa McMahon, deputy director of external affairs at the department, explained the state maintains two prime vendor contracts…
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