ON Only: Frequently Asked Questions - Lowest Cost Alternative Pricing

To bill the patient the difference owing:

1. Create and fill the prescription as usual.
2. When the prescription opens in Rx Detail, the following warning will display stating that you will lose money billing for the Eligibility Cost.



3. Deselect the Add MI Intervention Code checkbox.
4. Select Add Markup checkbox.
5. Select Yes.

Result: The prescription will be billed using the ACQ cost plus markup and the difference from ODB will go to the secondary plan or to the patient.

Note: This functionality only works for inventory stores that maintain ACQ costs.

Only users who have Full Access to the Pharmacy Folder (More > Pharmacy) can update the LCA eligibility preference setting. You can review user access from More > Security.

If your store keeps perpetual inventory, your ACQ cost will be updated when you auto-reconcile invoices and if the Acq Cost setting, in the McKesson Ontario Supplier folder, is set to Received Price/Retail Price.

To verify if the Acq Cost is being updated in PharmaClik Rx:

1. Navigate to More > Supplier. The Supplier Search window opens.
2. Search for and select the McKesson Ontario supplier (e.g. search MDS in the Code field).
3. Select the Preferences tab.
4. Under Price Update Rules, ensure the Acq Cost field is set to Received Price or Retail Price.



Note: If your store’s Acq Cost field is set to Do Not Update, the ACQ cost will not update when you reconcile invoices.

The prescriptions will go through with the original pricing at the time the batch was set up. If the user wants to apply the new pricing, they will have to rebill the batch.

No. Claims will still be evaluated as they currently are without any issues.