Prescription drug purchasing pool

List of purchasing pools

United States

• National Medicaid Pooling Initiative was first announced in early 2003 with four states. As of 2009 the total number of pooled states is twelve and DC. The states are Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York and Tennessee as well as the District of Columbia.
• Top Dollar Program SM is the State Medicaid Pharmaceutical Purchasing Pool started by Provider Synergies, for Louisiana and Maryland in 2005. Delaware, Idaho, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin joined more recently for a total of seven participants as of April 2009.
• Sovereign States Drug Consortium was founded as a non-profit structure by the states of Iowa, Maine, and Vermont for Medicaid in October 2005. Iowa, Maine, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming are operational members.
• Northwest Prescription Drug Consortium combines non-Medicaid Rx programs in Oregon and Washington, effective 2007.
• Minnesota Multistate Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy