1. Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program
Jen Erickson, MHA, MS
Program Manager, Illinois PMPnow
April 11, 2019

2. Objectives
Basic understanding of Controlled Substance Act and Public Act
Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)
Access to the PMP
Data contained in the PMP
PMPnow
Illinois Opioid Data
How can we work together?

3. Acronyms CDC – Centers for Disease Control
EHR/EMR – Electronic Health Record System, Electronic Medical Record System
IDFPR – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
IDHS – Illinois Department of Human Services
IDPH – Illinois Department of Public Health
PDMP/PMP – Prescription Drug Monitoring Program/Prescription Monitoring Program
SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

4. Brief History 1986 - PMP began tracking Schedule II medications
2007 – Schedule III, IV and V medications
2008 – PMP Website went live
– Controlled Substance Act
2018 – Public Act

5. Controlled Substances Act
720 ILCS 570 Illinois Controlled Substance Act
Criminal Offenses
Controlled Substances detailed out in compound/mixture by Level
IDFPR Licensed Physician Assistants, Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Prescribing Psychologists
Guidelines on supervision and practice with regards to Controlled Substance
Electronic Prescribing when done in accordance with federal rules for electronic prescriptions – when not excluded in the Controlled Substance Act

6. Illinois Public Act
January 1, 2018 – prescribers possessing an Illinois controlled substance license became required to register with the PMP.
Documented attempt to access patient information
Exceptions: oncology treatment, palliative care or 7-day or less provided by Hospital Emergency Department for acute or traumatic condition
Unsolicited reports: 3 prescribers, 3 pharmacies or both within 30 days
Data elements collected by the PMP
Pharmacy reporting requirements – end of the next business day
Electronic integration of pharmacy records with the prescriber’s EHR.

7. Federal Grants
CDC – Prescription Drug Overdose – Prevention for States
Enhance PMP
Community Intervention
SAMHSA State Targeted Response (DASA)
EHR Connections
Harold Rogers PDMP Grant

8. Access to the PMP Designated Groups
Prescribers with a controlled substance license
Physicians
Nurse Practioners
Physician Assistants
Prescriber Designees (limit 3 per prescriber)
Pharmacists
Law Enforcement Officers (curated access)
User name and password
Prescribers with a controlled substance license are required to register regardless of practice. IL PA
Pharmacists/ dispensing
LEO – limited indirect access and have specific criteria that must be met to obtain information.
User Name and Passwords – should be treated the same as access to the Hospital/Practice EMR, or you Debit Card/PIN

11. Patient Search

12. Patient Record

13. MyPMP

14. PMPnow Integration between IL PMP and EMR
Allows for faster access in prescribers work flow in milliseconds
Reduces need for logging in to the IL PMP Website
Prescribers need to log in at least once within 364 days to keep account active
Prescribers may not have access to all features of the PMP website via the EMR connection. Working to achieve parity.

15. PMPnow

19. How can we work together?
Assist Prescribers with Public Act
Encourage prescribers to maintain their PMP accounts
Assist Administration and the Information Systems Departments in connecting the EHRs to the PMP
Provide provider files with certain data fields and our team can let your office know if providers are compliant
Encourage prescribers to maintain the confidentiality of their user names and passwords

20. References https://www.ilpmp.org/index.php
Controlled Substances Act:
Controlled Substances Act, Updates January 2012:

21. Additional Contact Information
question link
Forgot Username link
Forgot Password link
Tech Center Phone: (217)
Fax: (217)
Jen Erickson, MHA, MS
(217)