Below you will find information on how to handle pricing in the Local Rx 365 application.
The Local Rx 365 application will implement the pricing details set up against Products and Schemes so if you need to look at information for handling these details in the Back Office application, please see the relevant section in the Help File.
Pricing Explained
The main place in the Local Rx 365 application that you will see and deal with pricing information is in the Current Dispense screen.
There are two areas containing pricing information:
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The middle of the main dispensing panel
- This will show you a quick breakdown of the pricing for the selected item:
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The Pricing tab
- This will show you a detailed breakdown of what is contributing the price of the item:
- Main Dispense Panel
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| TOTAL COST | The total cost of the drug, including fees, markup etc. |
| EXTRA CHARGES | You can add in extra charges into this field that you want to be added to the Total Cost of the current dispense of the drug to the patient. |
| COST PRICE | The cost of the product itself, as in the cost of purchasing the product from the supplier. |
- Pricing Tab
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| COST PRICE | The Cost price of the Drug |
| MARK UP | This is the percentage mark up of the product ( found in the scheme info) |
| DISPENSE FEE | This is the amount added to the drug being dispensed |
| ADDITIONAL | Based on Price point |
| BROKEN BULK | Based on Price point |
| CONTAINER CHARGE | Based on the Price Point |
| EXTRA CHARGES ( Incl ) | This is where we can add any additional changes to the Drug |
| VAT | Based on vat rate of the drug |
| SUPPLEMENT AMOUNT | This is what the customer has agreed to pay the supplement on a reference priced drug. |
| TOTAL | The full total Price of the drug |
- Editing Vat Rates
From the Patient tab, Click on the Config button
Click on the VAT button
The Maintain VAT screen will appear. All current VAT rates are displayed.
Select the VAT rate you wish to edit and click Edit
Edit the VAT rate Description
Edit the VAT Rate. e.g. 21.50 = 21.5%
Click Ok and then close
- F5 Analysis
A patients Scheme levy analysis can be viewed to determine how mush the patient has spent within a month.
To view the Patient Scheme analysis select F5 on the keybpard.
The F5 analysis screen is broken into two main sctions
Top section
Located at the top left of the screen we can view the scheme levy by month. To change the month sleect the drop down and select the desired month tpo view
Located below this we can view the following,
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the Patient |
| Form Number | The form number attached to the dispense |
| Date | The date thescript was dispensed |
| Amount Due | The ammount owed by the patient |
| Amount Paid | The amount paid by the patient |
| Supplement | The supplement paid by the patient if applicable |
| No Items | The number of items in the script |
Located underneath the scheme levey info we can see the total amount due, the amount paid, the total supplement and total number of items.
Bottom Section
Located in the bottom section of the screen we can view the following
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Date | Payment Date |
| Payment | How much of the payment was made |
| Payment left | How muct of the payment is left |
| Tender Type | The method of paynment |
| Reference | |
| Notes | The note information added after payment is made |
The totals for payment and payment left are viewable below.
Adjusting payment of a script
To adjust the payment of a script select the 'Adjust' button located on the bottom left of the F5 screen
