TDS & Pharmacy Terminology

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  1. 1. This is a suggested selling price for a drug by the manufacturer. Most pharmacies do not use this price because it is very high.
  2. 4. What a pharmacy sells the drug for.
  3. 6. This is an estimate of the manufacturer’s list price for a drug to wholesalers or direct purchases but does not include discounts or rebates.
  4. 8. Pharmacies order their drugs from these companies (ex: Mckesson, Amerisource Bergen, Cardinal)
  5. 12. A drug wholesaler who sells drugs to the pharmacy.
  6. 14. Medicines sold directly to a customer without a prescription from a healthcare professional
  7. 15. Rx30 preforms these checks as prescriptions are filled to alert the store of possible patient allergies, drug interactions, therapeutic duplications, etc.
  8. 16. How a pharmacy refers to what they pay for a drug. Also referred to as Net Cost.
  9. 17. A 6-digit number that tells the computer database at the pharmacy which health insurance provider is to receive the claim for the prescription.
  10. 18. Identifying number of the patient’s relationship to the cardholder.
  11. 19. The industry’s leading online drug price reference and analytical tool designed to help meet the demanding requirements of healthcare businesses. This company creates the database for all drugs.
  12. 20. This is a 10-digit number used to identify a doctor or other health care providers. It is required for a healthcare provider or medical facility to practice medicine. Each pharmacy and each pharmacist have their own.
  13. 22. Number of days a prescription will last a patient.
  14. 25. Multiple ingredients mixed to make a new product/drug. Pharmacies that do compounding in-house will mix different ingredients together to create individualized medication for patients. Ex: dermatology, hormones, pet medicines
  15. 27. An electronic database that tracks controlled substance prescriptions. These can help identify patients who may be misusing prescription opioids or other prescription drugs and who may be at serious risk for overdose. This can be automatically updated by Rx30 each evening.
  16. 29. Also referred to as the directions on how to take the medication.
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  1. 2. The route of a prescription through a pharmacy from drop off to check out.
  2. 3. A secondary number for insurance that may be used in the routing of pharmacy claims.
  3. 5. This is the maximum amount of what the insurance company will pay for a prescription.
  4. 6. Referred to as the area where prescriptions are waiting to be picked up.
  5. 7. An identifier assigned to a health care provider by the DEA allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
  6. 9. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This is a US legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.
  7. 10. An entity that routes claims from the pharmacy to the plan/payer. (ex: Relay Health, Change Healthcare, Emdeon, eRX, Data Rx, etc.)
  8. 11. When a patient moves to a different pharmacy. Prescription must be sent from the old pharmacy to the new pharmacy.
  9. 13. A unique product identifier used in the US for drugs intended for human use. NDC is made up of numbers that identify the manufacturer, drug, and package size.
  10. 21. The abbreviation of a plan/insurance company that the client created in their software.
  11. 23. A business that provides coverage, in the form of compensation resulting from loss, damages, injury, treatment, or hardship in exchange for premium payments.
  12. 24. A drug order sent to a vendor.
  13. 26. Also referred to as a medication.
  14. 28. Protected Health Information. This includes physical records, electronic records, or spoken healthcare information.