2019 PBS Co-payments: Community pharmacy owners will be well aware that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme patient co-payments and safety net thresholds are adjusted for inflation each 01 Jan.
The new co-payments and other minor adjustments to fees are contained in a downloadable document for Members only on the Guild's website.
You can access the document here, after logging in: www.guild.org.au/resources/pharmacy-agreement-pbs/PBS-Prescription-Prices-Effective-January-2019.pdf.
The 80-cent increase in the general patient co-payment puts it over the $40 mark for the first time -- noting that the impact of price disclosure has seen an increasing number of medicines fall below the co-payment for general patients.
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