Veterinary prescriptions are never a PharmaCare benefit, however, every veterinary dispense must be recorded in PharmaNet.
Veterinary prescriptions for animals are never a PharmaCare benefit, even if the same drug would be a benefit for a human.
Any veterinary prescription dispensed in a community pharmacy must be:
A PHN must never be assigned to an animal.
To prevent a drug for an animal from adjudicating in PharmaNet as a PharmaCare benefit:
This ensures the drug does not appear on the pet owner’s record as a dispense for them, which would affect drug utilization evaluation (DUE) results.
Failure to properly process veterinary medications in PharmaNet may result in inappropriate PharmaCare coverage and could have serious implications for patient safety.
Pharmacists cannot dispense prescriptions for animals as an emergency supply or an adaptation under the pharmacist’s licence number.
In the rare situation in which a pharmacy fills a prescription for the same drug on the same day for both a pet and a pet owner:
If you forget to enter the UF intervention code and the claim is rejected, try reversing the claim first and reprocessing it with UF intervention code. Contact the PharmaNet Data Quality Services Team if you need help correcting the problem.