Supplying+owing+S4+medication

= Supplying owing S4 medication =

The //National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations// allow for medicine to be supplied before the written prescription has been supplied. Where in a case of urgency: a prescriber advises you of the details of the prescription; or faxes you the written, signed prescription. After contacting you, the prescriber is required to provide you with the original PBS prescription within seven days. When the prescription is provided, the script does not need to be cancelled out of your dispensing system. The prescribing date on the earlier record should be changed to the date the prescription was signed by the prescriber. The date of supply should not be amended. Prescriptions requiring prior approval still require approval before being dispensed. Medicare Australia recommends asking the prescriber for the Authority approval number to ensure approval has been obtained. Some quick reminders about owing scripts:
 * owing scripts are not claimable until you receive the paper prescription
 * on receiving the prescription, the prescribing date within your system should be changed to the date the prescriber signed the prescription
 * if the date of prescribing is more than seven days after the date of supply, the script is still payable provided it meets all other requirements (including Authority approval requirements).
 * in the absence of a patient signature normal receipting rules apply. You are required to certify supply by indicating the date on which the supply was made and the reason why the patient signature could not be obtained.

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