News

ePrescription SMS Subsidy Extension to 30 September 2022

The Department of Health has informed the stakeholders that it will continue to reimburse the cost of electronic prescribing SMS notifications to at least 30 September 2022.

Reimbursements will be provided for both the original electronic prescription tokens through prescribing systems and the cost of repeat tokens generated through dispensing systems.  

Subsidies are specifically provided for costs related to the issuance of e-prescription tokens. SMS costs are incurred each time a prescriber writes an e-prescription and sends a token to a patient's mobile phone. After the introduction of the ePrescribing SMS system, the AMA was instrumental in ensuring that the costs were not borne by medical practitioners and negotiating the previous subsidy extension that was supposed to expire on 30 June 2022. 

Related topics