May 2023
News
In this issue
| AJP | Pharmacies facing increase in ‘cyber activity’ |
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| Start preparing for your stocktake now! |
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| Changing Approval Number? |
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| Reminder: Services Australia PRODA B2B Device expiry |
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| This Month's PBS Changes |
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AJP | Pharmacies facing increase in ‘cyber activity’
In this interview with AJP, Andrew McManus, Fred’s general manager service delivery, addresses the rising threat cyber criminals pose to Australia’s community pharmacy network and how to defend against attacks by investing in your people, processes and technology.
Fred can help you with any questions or concerns regarding cyber security in your pharmacy. Contact your Fred representative or reach us at sales@fred.com.au or 1800 888 828.
Start preparing for your stocktake now!
Your EOFY stocktake does not have to be done at the last minute. Start planning now – use our Interactive Stocktake Helper for Fred Office Plus.
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Contact your local Fred representative or sales@fred.com.au to claim a 10% discount on kits purchased before EOFY2023.
Changing Approval Number?
To avoid any interruption in trading at full capacity, it is important you give us plenty of advanced notice.
We have prepared this quick guide to Changing Approval Number for current and new owners to ensure a smooth business transition.
Reminder: Services Australia PRODA B2B Device expiry
To avoid disruption to your Services Australia PBS Online claiming, you’ll need to extend your B2B Device in your PRODA account before it expires.
You’ll need to extend your B2B device with PRODA at least every 6 months.
Fred Dispense will warn you of the impending expiry at the following time intervals:
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30 days from expiry
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14 days from expiry
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Every day from 7 days to the expiry day.
For more information on how to do this, refer to: Managing B2B Devices in PRODA - PRODA (Provider Digital Access) on the Services Australia website or call Services Australia on 1800 700 199.
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.