8CPA
Close PBS claims for ACSS payments
Deadline looms for final ACSS bulk manual payment cycle claims Pharmacists are being urged to close Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) claims to ensure Additional Community Support Supply (ACSS) payments can be made. In …
Fee hikes for pharmacy
Pharmacies are set to benefit from indexed increases to components of the Commonwealth price from 1 July 2025 Dispensing, dangerous drug and Administration, Handing and Infrastructure (AHI) fees paid to …
The week in review
Pharmacists’ views on 60-day dispensing changes and 8CPA, climbing flu and measles rates and ‘wrong patient’ incidents were among the topics that captured readers this week Community pharmacists are feeling …
8CPA satisfies: barometer
Community pharmacists are significantly more upbeat when it comes to the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) than its predecessor, research shows Pharmacists are reporting higher levels of confidence in the …
60-day strategies here to stay
Measures implemented in response to the government’s double dispensing policy are unlikely to be rolled back by pharmacy owners Changes introduced under the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) are unlikely …
Stakeholders meet to sculpt pharmacy services vision
Representatives of more than 20 pharmacy, medical, health practitioner and consumer groups discuss the future of pharmacy services Pharmacist-delivered health programs not funded through the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) …
Funding secured for non-8CPA programs
Future of pharmacy programs secured with Department confirming funding beyond 30 June 2025 Funding for a range of pharmacy programs that was set to expire at the end of the …
Reflecting on 2024
AJP editor, Chris Brooker, looks back on the year in pharmacy in our latest podcast Speaking with Carlene McMaugh the host of the AJP Podcast, Chris Brooker reflects on the …
Funding CSO ‘essential’: NPSA
Talks are continuing to secure new Pharmaceutical Wholesalers’ Agreement to future-proof the CSO More than four months after the government announced that funding for the distribution of medicines through Community …
‘A lot of countries can learn from our model’
Australia’s new pharmacy agreements provide model for others to follow, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) president, Paul Sinclair, tells our latest podcast AJP Podcast presenter Carlene McMaugh discusses the Eight Community Pharmacy …
No downside to 8CPA
“Winners never quit, and quitters never win,” Anthony Tassone tells our latest podcast that the Guild’s 8CPA negotiating team was relentless in its pursuit of a sustainable deal for the …
Resilient profession gets its reward
Australia’s pharmacy sector is set to benefit from the extraordinary certainty over the course of the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA), a business advisor tells our latest podcast AJP Podcast …