[Revised Sep 04]
Overview.
The user has complete control over pricing with all pricing parameters being accessible to the user off the major options screen.
Social Security (SS - Pharmaceutical benefit) scripts are priced according to the SS markup and dispensing fees shown on this screen, and if the total is less than the s'net cutoff the script is repriced using the 'Under s'net' markup and dispensing fees.
If this repricing carries the price over the s'net cut off it is cut back to either the s'net cut off, OR back to the SS price depending on whether the pricing option set on the 'Major options Switchboard'
- If this option 'Reprice under-fee NSS' is set to 'Cost plus %' it will reduce to the s'net cutoff, and if it is set to 'SS + MP' it will cut back to the SS price plus any premium.
NSS scripts are priced according to the 'NSS and OTC' markup and dispensing fee set by the user.
See 'pricing panel' topic for details of prices displayed during dispensing.
Manual price override
All these prices are calculated for every script, and the computer's choice of price to the patient can be overridden by pressing;
<F6> for the OTC price (cost plus markup plus GST/VAT plus container)
<F7> for the NSS (private) price, (The OTC price plus dispensing fee).
<F8> for the 'Under s'net' price (Using the 'under s'net' markup and dispensing fee).
<F11> (or <F12> if using the 32bit version) for manual suppression of the premium, if any, on this script and any repeats.
Extempt NSS pricing
There are two NSS mixture price options available: Mixture NSS1 and Mixture NSS2. For an 'extempt' formula, the normal default is the Mixture (SS). To set up the formula to price NSS all the time: select either Mixture NSS1 or Mixture NSS2 under Mixture Price option. The markups and dispensing fee for these 2 options can be set in Tools, Options, Price Options
The SS/NHS markup and dispensing fees should not be changed as they are set by the state. Access is provided in case of sudden change in state policy.
Script pricing policy
RxOne can follow all the common pricing policies for NSS/Private or 'Under s'net' scripts. The user should set the pricing parameters to suit their need.
Please! Advise all staff (including relievers) that the machine is following management pricing policy. It is surprisingly common for the help desk to get reports of incorrect pricing when several staff members are changing parameters back and forth unknown to each other. It is rarely true that "No one else knows how to do this...".
Pricing policy Examples of possible policies;
Neutral weight pricing. E.g. 'Under s'net' markup = 50%, Dispensing fee = 3.00. The patient price takes into account both the labour and capital cost of a script.
Weighted towards labour. E.g. 'Under snet' markup = 20%, Dispensing fee = 6.00. Weighs the resultant price more heavily towards labour cost, and so scripts will have a minimum patient cost of around 7.00 to reflect the cost of dispensing any script, but expensive drugs will be relatively cheaper for the patient. An extreme of this would be 'Under s'net' markup = 5%, Dispensing fee = 15.00, which (if used with the 'reprice under-fee' option set to 'Cost plus %), guarantee that all under s'net scripts are charged at the s'net cutoff price, but make expensive drugs very cheap to the patient.
Weighted towards capital cost. E.g. 'Under s'net' markup = 60%, Dispensing fee = 1.00. Cheap scripts, such as 10 Paracetamol, will have a patient price of less than 2.00, but expensive drugs will have a high price to reflect the cost of stock holding.
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