In-office medication dispensing is the process of distributing pre-packaged medications directly to patients at the point of care. Many providers are adding medication dispensing to their practices as a way to heighten the patient experience, improve patient compliance, and increase practice income. Thousands of progressive medical and dental offices around the nation have already discovered this new trend has staying power.
MEDeRx’s clinical applications work seamlessly to supply pre-packaged medications to physician, dental offices and urgent care clinics throughout the country. Physicians nationwide have come to trust MEDeRx’s convenient, safe and proven method for supplying patients with the medicine they need at the time of their office visit. Our relationships with repackagers and manufacturers enables your practice to offer medications at very competitive prices while maintaining the highest standard of service and support. But don't take our word for it. Our clients consistently rate MEDeRx™ among their most reliable vendors.
2. Physician Consulting Groups & Physician Dispensing
Why more consultants are turning to physician dispensing
Physician groups all over the country are witnessing firsthand the many benefits
that arise when state of the art technologies collide with the world of Healthcare.
Physician dispensing is just one of those benefits and like the others, strives to
provide increased patient satisfaction, improved patient compliance, and capture
streams of revenue that were at once walking right out the front door.
MEDeRx offers a physician dispensing platform that allows physician groups to
dispense directly to the patient from the point of care. No longer does a patient
have to travel to a pharmacy to obtain medications. MEDeRx uses a free web based
software program that allows physician groups to complete the cycle of care and
send their patients home with the prescribed course of therapy.
Please take a few minutes to review the next slides that will help answer the
questions: What is physician dispensing and how can it benefit our group?
Regards,
Cory Buscher
Vice President, Sales
3. One Doctor. One Patient.
One Complete Way To Provide Better Care
MEDeRx™ Web Based Software
Increase productivity and ensure medication safety with the most complete and efficient
in-office dispensing solution available.
MEDeRx™ provides a point-of-care dispensing solution for
unit-of-use medications. Applying innovative technology,
MEDeRx™ enables physicians and approved staff members to
provide patients with medications quickly and safely at the point-
of-care.
MEDeRx™ delivers maximum flexibility to meet your
dispensing needs.
Utilizing bar-code technology, MEDeRx™ verifies the
prescribed medication for each bottle dispensed. Once verified,
a patient-specific label, DUR, and education sheet are created.
MEDeRx™ provides complete tracking of inventory and all data
associated with dispensing including physician name, patient
name, medication, and dispensing facility.
4. The Dispensing Process
Select the Patient
-Enter Information Manually
-Swipe a Drivers License or Credit Card
-Imported from Practice Management
Software
Select the Medication(s)
-Scan the Barcode on the Bottle
Perform the DUR (Optional)
-Drug/Drug Interaction
-Drug/Allergy Contraindications
-Drug Over-Utilization
-Physician Override Required
Print the Label
The average dispense can be completed in less
than 30 seconds
5. The Prescription Label
Bottle Label
Physician Portion
Chart Label
Patient Counseling Form
Medication/Lot Number
Patient Portion
Patient Information
Duplicate Receipts
Patient Information Sheet
Patient Portion
6. The MEDeRx Advantage TM
Ease of Use - The average dispense can be processed in less than 30 seconds.
Detailed Management, Utilization and Financial Reporting
Refill Monitoring and Automated Patient Sequencing
Full Scale Drug Utilization Review (Drug/Drug, Drug/Allergy, and Drug Too
Soon)
Encrypted Offsite Data Backup and Recovery
Multi-Repackager Ordering Capability, Automated Inventory Reorder and
Product Expiration Alerts
Electronic NCPDP 5.1 Claims Submission Capability
Electronic State Scheduled Drug Reporting (PDMP)
Site-level Customization (Including User Security Levels, Product Sigs, Reorder
Quantities, and Cash-pay Collection Amounts)
HL-7 Data Interface and Data Exchange Capability
7. MEDeRx Program Features
TM
Convenient – Patients will no longer have to travel and wait for their
prescriptions to be filled.
Efficient – Less physician and staff time will be devoted to non-revenue
producing activities such as pharmacy call backs, clarifications, and
formulary substitutions
Affordable – Prescriptions can be filled at competitive prices.
Immediate Treatment – Especially important for patients requiring antibiotics
or pain relief.
Improved Patient Compliance – Half of the 2 billion prescriptions filled each
year are taken incorrectly: Physician Dispensing increases the likelihood
that the patient will fill and complete the prescribed course of therapy.
9. MEDeRx Program Training
TM
The Typical In-Office Installation and Staff Training Takes
Less Than One Hour
Only About 20 Minutes is Required for Staff Training
Formulary Development and Support
Workers’ Compensation EDI Support
Online and Continuing Education/Training Available
Regional Manager Account Support
24 Hour Technical Support
Dedicated Client Service Personnel
On-Call Pharmacist
10. MEDeRx - A Common Sense Solution
TM
The average physician spends up to 60 minutes a day dealing with pharmaceutical
issues for no revenue. For every three physicians, there is usually one employee dealing
exclusively with pharmaceutical issues. This employee is often a nurse whose salary and
benefits may reach $100,000 annually.
-Noffsinger R, Chin S. Improving the delivery of care and reducing
healthcare costs with the digitization of information. Healthcare Information Mgmt, 2000
American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines do not preclude office dispensing as
long as state and federal regulatory requirements are fulfilled, the doctor prescribes only
to his/her patients and allows them to fill prescriptions where they want.
-American Medical Association Council on Ethical & Judicial Affairs 8.06
Physician drug-dispensing’s impact on revenues reveals a different and unfamiliar
dynamic. Dispensing oral medications is not a high-margin business. The net revenue
generated depends on the number of scripts filled. The impact that low-volume, high-
margin drugs have on profitability is nominal in comparison to high- volume, low-margin
generic medications. Revenue generation depends more on the process (volume) than
price (profit).
Notas del editor
Comprehensive Training and Education Programs tailored by location Personnel trained to dispense, present and sell to patient Continual management of this process Nations provides centralized purchasing system and inventory order system by location, reconciles orders with product invoice. Prepares payment Nations provides in house pharmacist to set up formularies by office. Min max order points preset for purchase control. Account Execs to perform periodic cycle inventory audits for further inventory control Perpetual monitoring and fine tuning utilization skills by location, managing slow moving formularies for profit maximization
Inform patients of this new service. Launch a marketing campaign using letters, newsletters, office signage and pamphlets to announce it.
Comprehensive Training and Education Programs tailored by location Personnel trained to dispense, present and sell to patient Continual management of this process Nations provides centralized purchasing system and inventory order system by location, reconciles orders with product invoice. Prepares payment Nations provides in house pharmacist to set up formularies by office. Min max order points preset for purchase control. Account Execs to perform periodic cycle inventory audits for further inventory control Perpetual monitoring and fine tuning utilization skills by location, managing slow moving formularies for profit maximization
Physicians are oftentimes blind to the hidden costs of prescription writing. Phoning or faxing prescriptions to the pharmacist, call-backs for nonformulary drugs, inquiries because of illegible handwriting and mandated prior authorization for refills are great time wasters.