Pharmacy Daily | PPA reveals 7CPA pharmacy payments

NEWLY unveiled data from the Pharmacy Programs Administrator (PPA) has provided details on professional services payments funded under the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA), with a total of more than $550 million paid out so far since the agreement came into effect on 01 Jul 2020.

For Home Medicines Reviews (HMRs) there are about 1,300 active service providers, with the 7CPA paying out almost $59 million under the scheme since then.

During the current financial year a total of 66,343 HMRs have been paid for, totalling $12.2 million.

Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) payments have totalled $34.3 million over the last two and a half years, with around 170 active service providers.

The Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) program has seen payouts of $27.8 million since the 7CPA commenced, while the MedsCheck/Diabetes MedsCheck program has paid out just over $100 million to pharmacies in the same period.

The biggest 7CPA professional services program thus far is the Dose Administration Aids scheme, which has seen regular participation by around 5,000 pharmacies across the country, and a total 7CPA payout of $237.4 million through to Nov this year.

The Indigenous Dose Administration Aids (IDAA) program, which kicked off on 01 Jul 2021, has so far seen payments worth $26.4 million over the 17 months since then, to a steadily rising number of service providers totalling 1,913 in Nov.

The 7CPA's Staged Supply program has paid out $21.7 million since the agreement came into effect, while the final program for which data was released, the Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) saw payments of $45.4 million since 01 Jul 2020 under either the Pharmacy Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (PhARIA) or its successor, the Monash Modified Model (MMM) rural classification system.

The full data set is available online at health.gov.au.