Fred Dispense
Overview
The Script Analysis Report enables you to report on 60 day dispense items only. This is achieved by typing Y to ’60 Day’ Dispensing Only Y/N? prior to generating your script analysis report as seen below.
This report will assist with estimating your Additional Community Supply Support Payment (ACSSP) (announced as part of 8CPA).
The ACSSP is comprised of two components which will be provided by Services Australia in the form of manual payments:
- Component 1 $4.79 per dispense (2 months supply - 60 day dispensing that are claimable) S85 Drugs only.
- Component 2 $0.78 per dispense (ALL claimable dispensings) S85 Drugs only.
These component payments do NOT apply to under copay prescriptions nor drugs within Section 100 of the PBS Schedule.
How to calculate the ACSSP
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Component 1 can be calculated by running the script analysis report, filtered for 60 Day dispensing for the applicable date range then multiplying the count of all the claimable scripts by $4.79.
In the example below the estimated Component 1 payment would be 7x $4.79 ($33.53).
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Component 2 rough** estimate would be calculated by rerunning the Script Analysis report without filtering (selecting N to ’60 Day’ Dispensing Only Y/N?).
The estimation would be calculated as total count of claimable scripts, in this case 54 (34 +7+3+10) multiplied by $0.78 = $42.12**
Therefore, total expected payment in my example would be $33.53+$42.12= $75.65.
Note about the calculation
** The component 2 calculation would be inflated as the count would include Section 100 drugs if applicable. This is a temporary solution to assist in the short term, further refinements will be provided in a future update to take into account dispensing of claimable Section 100 medicines.
Related Links
July 2024 Newsletter in Fred Dispense Online Help