Community Pharmacy

Online Reporting Update

(8 February 2012)

Practitioner Services have received very positive feedback from our regular Online Reporting users and have acted upon suggestions to make the reports more user friendly. Below is a summary of the changes that have been made:-

• Latest Month Reporting – this is a new addition to the set of online reports. This will enable you to choose a report that will automatically return data for the most current month. This removes the requirement for you to enter the month & year prompts. To enable you to report on a month other than the latest month, the original reports with the prompts will still exist alongside the latest month report.
• Quality & Efficiency Report – this is a new report that details the level of electronic claiming being achieved by the pharmacy.
• An Online Reporting Quick Guide & Summary of Reports has been produced to help you determine the report you look at to retrieve relevant information. For example, if you wish to see your Out of Pocket Expenses, the Online Reporting Quick Guide will direct you to the Dummy Item Report.
• Independent pharmacy contractors in Scotland - 43% have access set up to view their reports online.
• Pharmacy Multiples – Online Reporting demonstrations are being presented to the Multiples with deployment planned for Spring 2012.

Additional Items Automated for February 2012

(2 February 2012)

The following additional items have been added to the list of items that will be automated by PSD from 1st February 2012.

We first introduced automation from 1st February 2010, with an initial list of 80 items. Working closely with Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS), we have now added additional items every month to the full list of medicines that will be paid from the electronic claim message rather than from the paper prescription. The October list of 2700 items covered 92% of items dispensed under AMS. There remains about 5300 items to cover all drugs dispensed under AMS, (96% of AMS dispensed items - the remaining 4% are non-drugs such as appliances, food products, dressings, etc). PSD has agreed with CPS to add the remaining 5300 drug items over the next 5 months. From 1st November we are added almost 2000 tablets and capsules to the automation list taking it to 4665 items for November dispensing. Over the months December to March 2012 we will complete the automation list for other formulations. In December we are primarily adding Creams, Ointments and Solution items to the list.

Pharmacists are reminded that applying electronic endorsements is essential for endorsements that impact payment, in particular Instalment Dispensing endorsement (IRX) should be added (when relevant) to the electronic claim as well as being noted on the paper prescription.

PCR/PCRUA Root Certificate Communication

(31 January 2012)

The certificate used to secure communication for PCR User Association and PCR website is changing on the 2nd February 2012. This may cause warning messages to be displayed for some pharmacies accessing those websites. Click here for more information on how to continue access to PCR and for what to do to remove the warnings.

Contractor Endorsements

(26 January 2012)

To ensure accurate payment, it is important that contractors use the correct endorsements, as detailed in our Endorsing Guidance e.g. the correct endorsement for an item that has not been dispensed is IND electronically and ND on paper; the correct endorsement for an item that has not been collected is INC electronically and NC on paper. Contractors who wish to code their prescriptions for their own use must use the bottom left corner of the prescription, ensuring that they do not write over the prescriber’s details.

Release of Pharmacy Care Record (PCR) Version 5.0

(16 January 2012)

PCR Version 5.0 has been released providing functionality to support High Risk Medicine Care Risk  Assessments. At present, a High Risk Medicine Care Risk Assessment can be completed for “Methotrexate” or “Lithium” – other medication items may be added in the future.

PCR version 5.0 also includes additional improvements to the  patient reports:

• The “Patient Report for Associated Pharmacy” has been changed to allow filtering based on  the “Initial Assessment Complete” status.
• The Outstanding Care Issues report has been change to allow filtering on Care Issue type: “Standard or “High Risk Medicine”

The user guide update provides further information on these changes.

Items in Short Supply - January 2012

(January 2012)

Endorsements are accepted on the following Items for January 2011.

2011-12 Electronic Claim Training Payment Amendment to Claim Deadline

(13 December 2011)

NHS Circular PCA(P)(2011)14 advises of an extension to the deadline for reimbursement of claims for the 2011-12 Electronic Claim Training Payment. This circular advises that the deadline for the return of forms is extended to 6 February 2012.

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