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8.17 Medication Administration Program (MAP)

Last updated on June 17, 2026

General policy description

From July 15, 2026, to January 2027, PharmaCare will pay a service fee of $8 per patient per day for each day that services are provided to the patient through the temporary Medication Administration Program (MAP). The fee is only paid to pharmacies that have been approved by PharmaCare with an approved patient roster. 

MAP is intended for eligible B.C. residents with complex medication needs who require support with medication administration at home.

Approved pharmacies should ensure they know the entire contents of this section of the PharmaCare Policy Manual before delivering and submitting claims for MAP.

Policy details

MAP services

MAP services must be provided by a:

  • B.C. licensed healthcare professional acting within their regulated scope of practice, or
  • Care aide registered* with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry and acting within their trained role as outlined in the Registry’s Health Care Assistant Care Activities Chart (PDF, 270KB)

*To confirm the registration status of a care aide (HCA), pharmacies may ask the HCA to provide a registration confirmation letter. They can download this letter by logging into their account on the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry and clicking on “Print Registration Confirmation”. The auto-generated letter will contain the HCA’s registration status and number. Only HCAs with active registration in good standing can access the registration confirmation letter.

If there is a change in the licensed healthcare professionals or care aides who provide MAP services on the pharmacy’s behalf, pharmacies must inform PharmaCare by completing and submitting HLTH 4576 - MAP Health Professional Change (PDF, 531KB).

Services must include:

Services may include:

  • Clinical assessment and monitoring, including monitoring of vital signs, and other physical assessment if necessary for therapy adjustments
  • Coordinating care with other healthcare providers such as prescribers, mental health teams, and case managers, if necessary or requested by the client

Patient eligibility

Patients must be enrolled in the Medical Services Plan (MSP) and must be listed on the pharmacy’s MAP Patient Roster to be eligible. They must also meet at least one of the following criteria:

  1. Significant physical, functional, or cognitive disabilities or barriers preventing them from safely self-administering injection-based therapies such as insulin or low-molecular weight heparins
  2. Referred by a health authority-based licensed healthcare professional, and are on at least one medication requiring daily monitoring and dose adjustment
  3. Enrolled through program affiliations or contractual agreements that existed on or before June 1, 2026, with health authorities or non-profit health service delivery organizations serving older adults (50+) or individuals requiring substance use care
  4. Actively followed by community mental health teams and require supervised medication administration and adherence monitoring to support ongoing psychiatric stability

PharmaCare will review and confirm eligibility for all patients. Pharmacies will be informed of any patients on their MAP Patient Roster who are not accepted.

Pharmacy eligibility

Pharmacies were required to obtain prior approval from PharmaCare to be eligible for MAP. Approved pharmacies will be contacted by PharmaCare to submit their MAP Patient Roster by June 19, 2026.

Procedures

Submitting claims

Pharmacies fully enrolled in MAP will enter the MAP fee PIN to submit claims for eligible services. The MAP fee is $8 per patient per day on which the services are provided. 

Claims must be submitted on the day the MAP service is provided. Claims submitted on a different date will not be paid and/or will be subject to recovery.

Required documentation

All MAP services must be documented using a Service Log. Pharmacies are responsible for maintaining the log, as well as other documents that support patient eligibility. Claims for MAP will be subject to recovery if the log does not include all the required information or if it is not filled out correctly.

A sample MAP Service Log (PDF, 633KB) is available as a reference. Pharmacies may use the template or create their own log to record required information.

Audit

All claims to PharmaCare are subject to audit and any amount associated with a disallowed claim will be recovered.

For information on PharmaCare audit policies, refer to Section 10—Audit of this manual.

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