February 2022
News
In this issue
| ACT NOW! NASH Certificates expire in March |
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| ACT NOW! PBS Online Claiming Changes |
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| No more lost scripts or searching for tokens with MySL! |
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| This Month's PBS Changes |
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ACT NOW! NASH Certificates expire in March
The NASH certificate is required to ensure ePrescribing, HI Services, MySL and MyHR continue to be operational.
Services Australia (Medicare) have set 13 March 2022 as the expiry date for NASH certificates that are used in pharmacy today. Before then, you need to:
Step 1: Download your new NASH Certificate from PRODA
Download your NASH Certificate from PRODA and save it in either:
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Downloads folder on your in Fred Connect PC
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Fred Main PC at C:\FredHealth\NuSysLib\Certificates\Downloads
Other resources from Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) to help you with this step:
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Renewing your NASH PKI Certificate (PDF guide)
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Act now to renew your NASH PKI for Pharmacy (webinar sessions)
Step 2: Import the NASH certificate
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On the Fred Connect PC, right click on the Fred Connect icon in the system tray (lower right corner of screen), and select Show.
Fred Connect opens in a new window.
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On the Status tab, click Certificate Manger.
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Browse to and select the NASH Certificate you previously downloaded, and then click Open.
Other resources from Fred to help you with this step:
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Update Certificates in Fred Connect (video tutorial)
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NASH Certificate (help topic)
Support
For assistance with your NASH certificate, contact Services Australia on 1800 700 199 (Option 1).
The Fred Helpdesk can assist with any errors related to updating Fred Dispense or Fred Connect.
ACT NOW! PBS Online Claiming Changes
Services Australia (Medicare) are changing the way pharmacies submit claims to PBS Online on 13 March 2022.
You must transition to PBS Web Services and PRODA ASAP to ensure your pharmacy can continue using PBS Online for claiming purposes. See Enabling PBS Web Services for step-by-step instructions as well as Troubleshooting Tips.
Don't leave this to the last minute. Some lead time may be required to obtain the certificates.
Support
For assistance with PRODA or PBS Web Services, contact Services Australia on 1800 700 199.
The Fred Helpdesk can assist with any errors related to updating Fred Dispense.
No more lost scripts or searching for tokens with MySL!
The free My Script List service eliminates the need to store and handle multiple ePrescription tokens that a patient may receive. Access and dispense directly from a complete digital list of their current electronic prescriptions.
You can setup a patient’s MySL active script list via Fred Dispense or MedView Flow with an easy once off registration process, and obtaining consent to access their MySL is simply via SMS or email.
For more information, see:
This Month's PBS Changes
For the full Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits, go to the PBS website at http://www.pbs.gov.au/ where you can search the schedule by drug name.
For your convenience, we've also uploaded a printable summary of this month's important PBS changes to this site.
For Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) items (CAR and non-CAR), please refer to the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits as well as Services Australia to confirm whether the PBS item code for a HSD is eligible to be dispensed and claimed by your pharmacy type.