PHARMACY/PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Eligible drug benefits include prescriptions and some over-the-counter drugs that are available through pharmacies for administration in a home setting or other ambulatory setting and require a prescription by a licensed medical practitioner or other provincially licensed prescriber.
WHAT IS COVERED?
There are diferent categories of drugs that are listed in the national Drug Benefit list as follows:
- Prescription drugs listed in the national Drug Benefit list
Limited Use Benefits
There are 3 types listed as follows;
- Required prior approval using the Exception or Limited Use Drugs Request form
- Do not require prior approval including items with age gender limitations
Multivitamins for children up to 6 years old
Prenatal and postnatal multivitamins for females
between 12 and 50 years old
- Do not require prior approval if used whithin the allowed quantity and frequency limitations.
- Over ther counter (OTC's) drugs that are listed in the national Drug Benefit list
- Extemporaneous compounds
Defination
A mixture(s) that require(s) compounding in a apharmacy in accordance with
the order prescribed by a licensed Medical Doctor and which must not
duplicate the formulation of commercially manufactured drug products.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
- Anorexents such as diet pills
- Herbal and homeopathic remedies such as primrose oil
- Megavitamins
- Drugs with investigational/experimental status
- Vaccinations for travel indications
- Fertility agents and impotence drugs
- Drugs that are de-listed
WHO CAN PRESCRIBE AND PROVIDE BENEFITS?
A licensed Medical Practitioner registered to practice in the Province they are located in, may dispense their expertise in a specific benefit area as follows:
- Medical Doctor
- Medical Specialist
- Licensed Pharmacist
- Nurse Practitioner
- Any medical personnel specializing in a specific area of expertise
HOW CAN YOU ACCESS THE BENEFITS?
- Make an apointment with your/a doctor at a Medical Clinic
- Take your prescription, take it to the nearest Pharmacy
WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES?
- Inform the Doctor/Pharmacist that you are a member of Bigstone Cree Nation
- Inform the Doctor/Pharmacist if you are covered under another health care insurance plan.
- Pick up your prescription when it is ready
- Attend any scheduled appointments with specialists if one has been made for you.
Pharmacy Policy Frameworkdoc.doc
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Doreen Yellowknee - Pharmacy Benefits Clerk
doreen.yellowknee@bigstonehealth.ca
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Koralynn Auger - Pharmacy Benefits Clerk
koralynn.auger@bigstonehealth.ca
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