PH106 3.0

Drug Scheduling

100

These medications can be sold from non-pharmacy outlets

Unscheduled 

200

Drugs require a prescription and provided to the public by a pharmacist after assessment

Schedule I

300

This program aims to control prescribing of controlled medications and prevent forgeries

Controlled Prescription Program

400

Esomeprazole or its salts belong to this schedule when: human use when sold for the 14-day treatment for frequent heartburn at a daily dose of 20 mg, in package sizes of no more than 280 mg of esomeprazole

Schedule 3

500

Codeine and its salts belong to this schedule when
   (a) prescribed as a single entity,
   (b) included in a preparation containing 60 mg or more per dosage unit, or
   (c) included in a liquid preparation containing 1.6 mg or more per mL

Schedule 1A

Plans

100

B.C.’s income-based plan. Most B.C. residents are covered by this plan.

Fair PharmaCare

200

Permanent residents of licensed residential care facilities

Plan B

300

Plan P covers _____

Palliative care patients

400

Clients of mental health services centres for whom the cost of medication is a significant barrier to treatment

Plan G

500

Children receiving medical or full financial assistance through the At Home Program of the Ministry of Children and Family Development

Plan F

LCA

100

LCA stands for ____

Low Cost Alternative Program

200

Pharmacare assigns a ____ that it will cover for all the products in each category 

Maximum price

300

Medications are grouped together by this common feature in the same strength and formulation

Active Pharmaceutical ingredient

400

Drug X costs $1.50/tablet. The LCA for that API is $0.73/tablet. Pharmacare will cover _____

$0.77/tablet

500

Generic drugs that are priced above the maximum price for their category and they are not listed in the PharmaCare formulary are usually ____

Not covered

Reference Drug Program

100

The number of drug classes RDP covers

Eight

200

Medications are grouped not by API's, but _____

Drug Class

300

Fully covered drug in this program

Reference Drug

400

Where some drugs are fully covered, "Non-reference" drugs are ______

partially covered

500

The Eight drug classes covered by RDP. 

ARBs, H2 Blockers, PPIs, CCBs, HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins), NSAIDs, ACE-Is, Nitrates

Coverage

100

Patients have to meet this before Pharmacare starts to cover some prescriptions

Deductible

200

A Patient has met their deductible but not their maximum. Pharmacare will pay ____

70%

300

A patient is born in 1939 and has met their deductible and max. Pharmacare will pay _____ 

100%

400

A patient's spouse is born in 1939 and they have met their deductible but not their maximum. The patient will pay ____. 

25%

500

The date deductible resets.

January 1st