It turns out that in some parts of Auckland, the country’s largest city at 1.4 million people, clinicians have been using an algorithm to adjust where patients sit on elective surgery waitlists.
But Québec pharmacy owner Kim Phuong Vu insists that her repayment agreement was not an admission of guilt in a fraudulent billing investigation. Instead she blames the financial discrepancies on large volumes of inter-pharmacy transfers.
The college has released a draft issue of the statements, which include changes to how and why pharmacists can administer injections, and clarify relationships between healthcare providers.
A newly created Formulary Management Expert Committee will provide guidance on the best use and reimbursement of drugs to publicly funded drug programs and cancer agencies.