California moving to ASAP 4.2B on Aug 1, 2024

Technical PDMP Reporting
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Beginning August 1, 2024, all California dispensers of controlled substances will be required to report dispensations to the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) using version 4.2B of the American Society of Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) format. On and after this date, data submitted using the current CURES ASAP version 4.1 format will no longer be accepted.

Prompt action by licensees who dispense controlled substances is recommended. Technical implementation of this update to data submission software may take considerable time. Contact your data submission software provider and confirm they are preparing for this upcoming ASAP version change.

For more information about the ASAP format change and suggested action steps for data submitters, please see the Department of Justice informational bulletin entitled “New File Format for Reporting to CURES” on the Office of the Attorney General’s CURES Website.

For information about CURES, visit DCA’s CURES information page.

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From: Bamboo Health connect@bamboohealth.com
Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Subject: ASAP 4.2B Dispenser Guide Now Available

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As previously announced, beginning August 1, 2024,* dispensers must report dispensations to the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) using version 4.2B of the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) format.

The data collection vendor, Bamboo Health, has posted a new 4.2B version of the Data Submission Guide for Dispensers on their PMP Clearinghouse Support Center website at: CA CURES Submitters – PMP Clearinghouse Support Center. This new Dispenser Guide should be helpful to submitters and software vendors now as they prepare for California’s transition to the ASAP version 4.2B format effective August 1, 2024.*

From now through July 31, 2024, submissions to Bamboo must still conform to the ASAP version 4.1 file format. Therefore, the 4.1 version of the Data Submission Guide for Dispensers is also available on the PMP Clearinghouse Support Center website at: Data Submission Guide for Dispensers – PMP Clearinghouse Support Center.

Additional Resources

  • Additional information is available in the section titled “New Data Submission Format on August 1, 2024” on the California Attorney General’s CURES website (https://oag.ca.gov/cures). This section contains a link to a CURES publication titled Description of ASAP 4.2B Changes, which describes the changes for reporting data to CURES using the ASAP version 4.2B format. This section also contains the following link to a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): ASAP 4.2B FAQs.
  • The 2020 ASAP Version 4.2B Standard for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs is also available for purchase from the American Society for Automation in Pharmacy. The ASAP website is https://asapnet.org/.
  • For general information on the current data reporting process, visit the CURES public website at https://oag.ca.gov/cures. See the section titled “Controlled Substance Data Reporting.”
  • For more information about the process for submitting data, please contact Bamboo Health at (855)-502-0999 or submit a ticket at https://pmpclearinghouse.zendesk.com/hc/en-us.

For questions regarding this bulletin, please contact the CURES Program at CURES@doj.ca.gov or (916) 210-3187.

  • Date may be subject to change to a later date. CURES data submitters will be provided advance notice of such change.