July 2019

Claim Period Number on Coding Stickers

The Claim Period is now printed on the coding stickers Small label produced when dispensing which generally displays the information required for attachment to the original Rx for claiming PBS items. so that you can easily identify which claim period the prescription belongs to.

This new feature will help with:

• closing a claim
• ensuring that the correct scripts are bundled together

Pharmacies that use the eRx Paperless Claiming functionality will also find it easier to identify and quickly scan missed scripts into the correct claim period.

In the example below, the claim period 1902 is printed on an F5 Label.

The claim period number also displays on the coding stickers for the following label types: C7, TA, WB, L4, AQ, 7B.

Fee Changes Applicable from 1 July 2019

Premium Free Dispensing Incentive

From 1 July 2019, the Premium Free Dispensing Incentive fee will increase from $1.81 to $1.83

Fees

The following fees, patient contributions, and Safety Net thresholds apply from 1 July 2019 and are included, where applicable, in prices published in the Schedule.

Fee Type		Fee
Dispensing Fees	Ready-prepared	$7.39
	Dangerous drug fee	$3.11
	Extemporaneously-prepared	$9.43
	Allowable additional patient charge*	$4.53
Additional Fees (for safety net prices)	Ready-prepared	$1.25
	Extemporaneously-prepared	$1.61
Patient Co-payments	General	$40.30
	Concessional	$6.50
Safety Net Thresholds	General	$1550.70
	Concessional	$390.00
Safety Net Card Issue Fee		$10.10

* The allowable additional patient charge is a discretionary charge to general patients if a pharmaceutical item has a dispensed price for maximum quantity less than the general patient co-payment. The pharmacist may charge general patients the allowable additional fee but the fee cannot take the cost of the prescription above the general patient co-payment for the medicine. This fee does not count towards the Safety Net threshold.

Administration, Handling, and Infrastructure (AHI) fees

Tier 1	For a maximum quantity of a listed brand with a price to pharmacists less than $180	$4.09 per dispense*
Tier 2	For a maximum quantity of a listed brand with a price to pharmacists from $180 to $2,089.71	$4.09, plus 3.5% of the amount by which the price to pharmacists exceeds $180, per dispense*
Tier 3	For a maximum quantity of a listed brand with a price to pharmacists more than $2,089.71	$74.79 per dispense*

* There is no change to the basis of the payment of the total mark-up / AHI (i.e. – in the table above, per dispense means per listed PBS item maximum quantity (MQ) supplied. Fee is calculated from the per pack price with AHI applied for maximum quantity, proportionate to the number of packs required for maximum quantity, and will be adjusted if less or more than the maximum quantity is supplied).

Chemotherapy fees

Fee Type		Fee
Section 90 Community Pharmacy(incl. section 92 approved practitioners)	Ready Prepared Dispensing Fee	$7.39
	Preparation Fee	$85.06
	Distribution Fee	$27.02
	Diluent Fee	$5.35
Section 94 Approved Private Hospital Authority	Ready Prepared Dispensing Fee	$7.39
	Preparation Fee	$85.06
	Distribution Fee	$27.02
	Diluent Fee	$5.35

If you have set non-standard fees, check them on the NHS Dispensing Fees and Markup window ([Alt+S] > [N]) after all of the updates have run.

Important Reminder for Department Stocktakes

If you plan to do a department stocktake, make sure that all product items are assigned to a department. Otherwise, items will be missing from your stock count.

Running the monthly update for Fred Dispense

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