RPMA
Embrace services or risk losing RPMA: Twomey
Rapid increases to the RPMA could see regional pharmacies that receive funding come under the microscope, Guild warns Owners of pharmacies receiving the Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance (RPMA) are being …
RPMA payment matrix revealed
Inner regional pharmacies set to see biggest bump in RPMA funding Pharmacies in Modified Monash 3 – 7 locations will receive increased funding under the revised Regional Pharmacy Maintenance Allowance …
Transitional funding to exclude small rural pharmacies
Pharmacies in some of the most remote parts of Australia will miss out on the government’s 60-day dispensing Regional Pharmacy Transition Allowance (RPTA) Close to 300 community pharmacies in Modified …
Butler announces 7% dispensing fee increase
CPI-tied dispense fee rise to kick in, while rural pharmacies will have location allowance doubled Dispensing fees will increase 7% and from July 1, Health Minister Mark Butler has announced, …
Rural owners fume over 60-day dispensing impact analysis
Shortcomings in the impact analysis used to support the government’s introduction of double dispensing could see rural patients’ medicines costs rise Far from cutting out-of-pocket expenses, 60-day dispensing could result …
Pharmacy programs on the rise
Numbers of medication reviews, DAAs and staged supply services provided by pharmacists under the 7CPA have risen since the last agreement, new data reveals New data revealing the use of …
Rural allowances: shooting wide of the target
A new funding program for rural, regional and remote pharmacy misses the mark, with pharmacists claiming they are worse off Just a few days before Christmas 2020, rural, regional and …
Dubbo a winner, says Minister
Pharmacies in the regional NSW city of Dubbo are set to receive $3,000 a year from the RPMA program, Mark Coulton says in a statement Federal Regional Health Minister and …