MEDICARE is reminding
healthcare professionals that it will
not pay claims for PBS prescriptions
if changes are made to: prescriptions
for Schedule 8 (Controlled Drugs)
medicines; or if the drug supplied is
a completely different medicine
(e.g. Atenolol to Metoprolol) or
additional medicine (e.g. prescription
for Atenolol only, changed to
Atenolol and Fluoxetine).
In addition Medicare will not pay
out on changed PBS prescriptions
where: there is an increase in the
quantity and/or repeats; or where
the date of prescribing has been
altered; or where the medicine has
been supplied to a different patient.
For details see
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 10 Jan 13 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 10 Jan 13
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