In-house medication dispensing
Bring the Pharmacy to Your Patients
Improve patient compliance, offer convenience, and generate a thriving revenue stream in-house.
Our goal at BACMAC is to provide easy-to-implement, turnkey solutions that can instantly improve patient convenience and compliance while adding additional revenue streams to your practice. Our point-of-care medication dispensing system does all that and more.
We have partnered with Pharmalink, the industry leader for in-house medication dispensing services, to provide your practice with an accessible and low-cost option for medication dispensing. Using a simple hand-held scanner and label printer that Pharmalink provides, you can give your patients the convenience of picking up their medication on their way out of your clinic – they pay you, not the pharmacy. Pharmalink offers a web-based application that automates ordering and inventory control, offers default and customized signatures, keeps track of prescriptions, and submits all necessary reporting to state governments. Rest assured that 24 hour support is always available should questions arise.
Looking for a way to grow your practice while keeping costs low and offering patient-centric services? Look no further. Pharmalink Medication Dispensing services gives your patients the convenience they want and helps to ensure they stay compliant with the treatments you prescribe.
Patient Benefits
Convenience:
Save a trip to the pharmacy, where wait times can be hours. Patients value the time saved by filling prescriptions at their doctor’s office and they will thank you for it.
Cost:
Pharmalink gives your patients the most cost-effective options, regardless of the dispensing service you choose. We offer support and systems that allow your practice to accept payment in the form of cash, insurance reimbursement, or workman’s compensation.
Compliance:
Various studies cite that 20% to 30% of prescriptions are never filled by patients after they leave the office. Use Pharmalink to improve patient compliance, thereby increasing treatment success.
Confidentiality:
Our clients report a high utilization of their in-office dispensing option, especially when the condition being treated might be sensitive to the patient. Patients appreciate the option to fill prescriptions within the compassionate setting of their doctor’s office.
Benefits for Physicians and Practices
Increased Income:
Generate a new source of profit and cash flow to help offset declining reimbursements and the rising costs of
managing an independent practice.
Increased Productivity and Time Savings:
Reduced pharmacy phone calls and fax requests. Dispensing medications can actually save your staff time, helping your practice to focus more on patient care and their experience with your practice.
Reduced Liability:
The physician is the best advocate for the patient. Directly dispensing prescriptions in-house ensures that patients get the exact medication you prescribed.
Improved Patient Outcomes:
Increasingly, physicians are being evaluated on patient outcomes. Directly dispensing your prescriptions can increase patient compliance, and hence, treatment success.
Compete With “Mini Clinics:”
Retail pharmacies continue to compete with primary care physicians. By adding Pharmalink’s medication dispensing solution, primary care providers begin to level the playing field and compete with retail pharmacy clinics.
Full-Service Practice Image:
Give your patients the choices and options that they want and the option to fill their prescriptions a place they know and trust – your practice.
How Do I Get Started?
BACMAC will provide you with an enrollment form and agreement to fill out and sign. After verification of medical and DEA licenses Pharmalink will send an order form and log-in information to access the on-line ordering, inventory tracking, and dispensing application.
A Turnkey Solution
A hand-held scanner and label printer are the only items necessary and these will be provided by Pharmalink. Everything is plug and play – we make it easy for you to offer medication to your patients.
What Does Pharmalink Offer?
One Primary Care Practice Example
Below is the list of medications that one successful practice is offering to its patients. This list is based on a $5 per prescription profit – this can be adjusted based on the market and revenue your practice would like to generate. The simplest way to offer these medications is on a cash basis – compare the cash price to the co-pay an average insurance patient would pay. By offering these medications on a cash basis there is no need to wait for reimbursements or deal with the hassle that can come along with them.
This is just a small sample that works well for one mid-sized Primary Care practice. We offer a catalog of over 2,400 top-grade medications for your practice to choose from. Work with your consultant and Pharmalink to optimize your inventory for your specific needs.
Sample Formulary & Product List:
Name Strength Format Quantity Patient Price Practice Profit Wal-Mart Walgreens
Acet/Hydro/Bitrt (Norco) 10-325mg Tab 60 $19.71 $5.00 $37.46 $47.99
Alprazalom (Xanax) 1mg Tab 30 $11.00 $5.00 $12.46 $13.99
Atenolol 100mg Tab 200 $17.50 $5.00 $22.54 $40.89
Augmentin 875/125 mg Tab 14 $21.13 $5.00 $49.52 $50.79
Azithromycin 250mg Tab #6/Card 6 $12.31 $5.00 $24.89 $31.79
Bactrim DS 800/160mg Tab 14 $10.71 $5.00 $4.00 $12.29
Cephalexin 500 mg Cap 30 $12.32 $5.00 $4.00 $31.99
Ciprofloxacin 500 mg Tab 14 $12.53 $5.00 $4.00 $26.29
Diazepam 5mg Tab 20 $11.04 $5.00 $5.54 $7.68
Fluconazole 150mg Tab 1 $4.20 $5.00 $4.00 $14.99
Gabapentin 300 mg Cap 100 $17.03 $5.00 $108.88 $107.09
HCTZ 25mg Tab 30 $10.54 $5.00 $4.00 $21.99
Lisinopril 10mg Tab 30 $10.75 $5.00 $4.00 $13.99
Lisinopril 20 mg Tab 200 $18.75 $5.00 $20.00 $81.49
Naproxen 500mg Tab 30 $11.34 $5.00 $4.00 $13.99
Phentermine 37.5mg Tab 30 $14.83 $20.00 $26.89 $29.89
Prednisone 10mg Tab 21 $14.36 $5.00 $4.00 $9.14
Sertraline 50mg Tab 30 $11.27 $5.00 $4.00 $29.99
Simvastatin 40mg Tab 100 $13.74 $5.00 $49.54 $216.59
Tramadol 50mg Tab 30 $10.32 $5.00 $4.00 $19.99
Valacyclovir (Valtrex) 500mg Tab 30 $28.25 $5.00 $159.08 $189.99
Zolpidem Tartrate (Ambien) 10mg Tab 30 $10.48 $5.00 $59.99 $52.99
Bottom Line
In today’s medical landscape the independent practice can find it difficult to keep up. EMR requirements, decreasing and delayed reimbursements, and pressure from large organizations combine to make it necessary for practices to consider different ways to offer their patients increased care and convenience. Offering your patients the luxury of a total health solution at the point of care they trust.
The profits from dispensing medication in-house are only the beginning. Your image, practice presence, and your patient base will begin to grow as your patient satisfaction, retention, and referral rate increases.
Improve patient compliance, offer convenience, and generate a thriving revenue stream in-house.
Our goal at BACMAC is to provide easy-to-implement, turnkey solutions that can instantly improve patient convenience and compliance while adding additional revenue streams to your practice. Our point-of-care medication dispensing system does all that and more.
We have partnered with Pharmalink, the industry leader for in-house medication dispensing services, to provide your practice with an accessible and low-cost option for medication dispensing. Using a simple hand-held scanner and label printer that Pharmalink provides, you can give your patients the convenience of picking up their medication on their way out of your clinic – they pay you, not the pharmacy. Pharmalink offers a web-based application that automates ordering and inventory control, offers default and customized signatures, keeps track of prescriptions, and submits all necessary reporting to state governments. Rest assured that 24 hour support is always available should questions arise.
Looking for a way to grow your practice while keeping costs low and offering patient-centric services? Look no further. Pharmalink Medication Dispensing services gives your patients the convenience they want and helps to ensure they stay compliant with the treatments you prescribe.
Patient Benefits
Convenience:
Save a trip to the pharmacy, where wait times can be hours. Patients value the time saved by filling prescriptions at their doctor’s office and they will thank you for it.
Cost:
Pharmalink gives your patients the most cost-effective options, regardless of the dispensing service you choose. We offer support and systems that allow your practice to accept payment in the form of cash, insurance reimbursement, or workman’s compensation.
Compliance:
Various studies cite that 20% to 30% of prescriptions are never filled by patients after they leave the office. Use Pharmalink to improve patient compliance, thereby increasing treatment success.
Confidentiality:
Our clients report a high utilization of their in-office dispensing option, especially when the condition being treated might be sensitive to the patient. Patients appreciate the option to fill prescriptions within the compassionate setting of their doctor’s office.
Benefits for Physicians and Practices
Increased Income:
Generate a new source of profit and cash flow to help offset declining reimbursements and the rising costs of
managing an independent practice.
Increased Productivity and Time Savings:
Reduced pharmacy phone calls and fax requests. Dispensing medications can actually save your staff time, helping your practice to focus more on patient care and their experience with your practice.
Reduced Liability:
The physician is the best advocate for the patient. Directly dispensing prescriptions in-house ensures that patients get the exact medication you prescribed.
Improved Patient Outcomes:
Increasingly, physicians are being evaluated on patient outcomes. Directly dispensing your prescriptions can increase patient compliance, and hence, treatment success.
Compete With “Mini Clinics:”
Retail pharmacies continue to compete with primary care physicians. By adding Pharmalink’s medication dispensing solution, primary care providers begin to level the playing field and compete with retail pharmacy clinics.
Full-Service Practice Image:
Give your patients the choices and options that they want and the option to fill their prescriptions a place they know and trust – your practice.
How Do I Get Started?
BACMAC will provide you with an enrollment form and agreement to fill out and sign. After verification of medical and DEA licenses Pharmalink will send an order form and log-in information to access the on-line ordering, inventory tracking, and dispensing application.
A Turnkey Solution
A hand-held scanner and label printer are the only items necessary and these will be provided by Pharmalink. Everything is plug and play – we make it easy for you to offer medication to your patients.
What Does Pharmalink Offer?
- No up-front costs
- No monthly fees
- Dispense in less than one minute
- Over 2,400 top-grade generic and brand name medications to choose from
- All medications are manufactured in an FDA compliant facility
- All medications are prepackaged and sealed
One Primary Care Practice Example
Below is the list of medications that one successful practice is offering to its patients. This list is based on a $5 per prescription profit – this can be adjusted based on the market and revenue your practice would like to generate. The simplest way to offer these medications is on a cash basis – compare the cash price to the co-pay an average insurance patient would pay. By offering these medications on a cash basis there is no need to wait for reimbursements or deal with the hassle that can come along with them.
This is just a small sample that works well for one mid-sized Primary Care practice. We offer a catalog of over 2,400 top-grade medications for your practice to choose from. Work with your consultant and Pharmalink to optimize your inventory for your specific needs.
Sample Formulary & Product List:
Name Strength Format Quantity Patient Price Practice Profit Wal-Mart Walgreens
Acet/Hydro/Bitrt (Norco) 10-325mg Tab 60 $19.71 $5.00 $37.46 $47.99
Alprazalom (Xanax) 1mg Tab 30 $11.00 $5.00 $12.46 $13.99
Atenolol 100mg Tab 200 $17.50 $5.00 $22.54 $40.89
Augmentin 875/125 mg Tab 14 $21.13 $5.00 $49.52 $50.79
Azithromycin 250mg Tab #6/Card 6 $12.31 $5.00 $24.89 $31.79
Bactrim DS 800/160mg Tab 14 $10.71 $5.00 $4.00 $12.29
Cephalexin 500 mg Cap 30 $12.32 $5.00 $4.00 $31.99
Ciprofloxacin 500 mg Tab 14 $12.53 $5.00 $4.00 $26.29
Diazepam 5mg Tab 20 $11.04 $5.00 $5.54 $7.68
Fluconazole 150mg Tab 1 $4.20 $5.00 $4.00 $14.99
Gabapentin 300 mg Cap 100 $17.03 $5.00 $108.88 $107.09
HCTZ 25mg Tab 30 $10.54 $5.00 $4.00 $21.99
Lisinopril 10mg Tab 30 $10.75 $5.00 $4.00 $13.99
Lisinopril 20 mg Tab 200 $18.75 $5.00 $20.00 $81.49
Naproxen 500mg Tab 30 $11.34 $5.00 $4.00 $13.99
Phentermine 37.5mg Tab 30 $14.83 $20.00 $26.89 $29.89
Prednisone 10mg Tab 21 $14.36 $5.00 $4.00 $9.14
Sertraline 50mg Tab 30 $11.27 $5.00 $4.00 $29.99
Simvastatin 40mg Tab 100 $13.74 $5.00 $49.54 $216.59
Tramadol 50mg Tab 30 $10.32 $5.00 $4.00 $19.99
Valacyclovir (Valtrex) 500mg Tab 30 $28.25 $5.00 $159.08 $189.99
Zolpidem Tartrate (Ambien) 10mg Tab 30 $10.48 $5.00 $59.99 $52.99
Bottom Line
In today’s medical landscape the independent practice can find it difficult to keep up. EMR requirements, decreasing and delayed reimbursements, and pressure from large organizations combine to make it necessary for practices to consider different ways to offer their patients increased care and convenience. Offering your patients the luxury of a total health solution at the point of care they trust.
The profits from dispensing medication in-house are only the beginning. Your image, practice presence, and your patient base will begin to grow as your patient satisfaction, retention, and referral rate increases.
To learn more, please call 800.240.9473 today.
