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Medication Administration Program (MAP)

Last updated on August 6, 2026

This web page has information about PharmaCare's temporary Medication Administration Program, running July 15, 2026, to January 2027.

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Overview

BC PharmaCare’s temporary Medication Administration Program (MAP) pays approved pharmacies a service fee when they support approved B.C. residents in their homes with complex medication tasks. The time-limited program launched on July 15, 2026, and will end in January 2027.

Pharmacies were required to apply by Thursday, June 4, 2026. If an application was approved, PharmaCare followed up with information about how to enrol clients. Only approved pharmacies were contacted.

Once fully enrolled in the program, pharmacies enter the MAP PIN to claim service(s) – one claim per client per day on which services are provided. The MAP fee is $8.

Pharmacies are required to keep a log of MAP services provided, and complete a change form if there is a change in the licensed healthcare professionals or care aides providing MAP services.

The Ministry of Health is actively monitoring program implementation. Client eligibility and supporting documentation will continue to be reviewed after July 15, 2026, to ensure services are being delivered in accordance with MAP requirements. 

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MAP services and eligibility

Eligible providers

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, pharmacies may ask the care aide 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.

Eligible services

Services must include direct support with medication administration:

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

These services are not eligible for MAP payment if they are not accompanied by at least one of required services described above:

  • Daily dispensing
  • Delivery
  • Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) witnessing
  • OAT monitoring
  • Daily witnessed ingestion of any medications; witnessing is defined as having a neutral third party confirming that the clients has physically taken or applied the prescribed dose
  • Blood pressure monitoring
  • Blood glucose monitoring
  • Clozapine monitoring
  • Mental health checks
  • Wellness checks
  • Dose adjustment activities, including warfarin dosing

For a claim to be approved, both the client and the service must fall under the eligibility criteria as described.

Client eligibility

Clients must be enrolled in MSP and meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • 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
  • Referred by another health authority–based licensed healthcare professional, and are on at least one medication requiring daily monitoring and dose adjustment
  • Enrolled through program affiliations or contractual agreements with health authorities or non-profit health service delivery organizations that existed on or before June 1, 2026, serving older adults (50+) or individuals requiring substance use care
  • Actively followed by community mental health teams and require supervised medication administration and adherence monitoring to support ongoing psychiatric stability

Submitting MAP service claims

When submitting claims for the MAP fee, enter the following in PharmaNet:

  • Prescriber:
    • PRACT ID Ref field: Enter P1 (for College of Pharmacists of BC)
    • PRACT ID field: Enter the College ID of the staff pharmacist or pharmacy manager (recommended)
  • Drug cost: $8
  • Professional fee: $0
  • SIG field:
    • Enter the service type provided, followed by an underscore and at least one medication associated with the service, i.e., [service type]_[medication name]. Examples:
      • administration_insulin 
      • supervised_levothyroxine
      • support_apixiban
    • Use the following service types:
      • Administration: Direct administration of a medication by a pharmacy employee
      • Supervised: Supervision of a client self-administering a medication
      • Support: Medication adherence or self-administration support, such as medication reminders, reading labels, opening blister packs or containers, dose measurement, or assistance with product use

PharmaNet PPM compatible software

If your pharmacy is using software compatible with PharmaNet PPM:

  • Create the MAP service as an Rx with an appropriate quantity, i.e., 6 months. Each home visit where at least one MAP service is provided should be recorded as a "dispense fill" against this unique Rx with a dispense quantity equal to 1
  • If the patient is no longer receiving the service, the Rx status should be updated to "obsolete"

Forms for approved pharmacies

MAP Service Log

All MAP services must be documented either in this log or in a log maintained by the pharmacy that captures the same information. Each MAP service must be recorded on the day it is provided.

Pharmacies are responsible for retaining this documentation and must be able to provide the following on request:

  • MAP Service Log
  • Supporting records related to client assessment and monitoring
  • Documentation of the referral or a formal agreement with a health authority or community organization, where applicable

For the current iteration of MAP, electronic signatures are acceptable on the MAP Service Log. The signature may be generated by the pharmacy's electronic documentation system or drawn by hand.

MAP Health Professional Change form

Pharmacies enrolled in MAP must submit this form when there is a change in the licensed healthcare professionals or care aides providing MAP services on the pharmacy’s behalf:

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