| REQUIRED BUILD |
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- PSO*7.0*74
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*33
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*56
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*46
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*79
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*75
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*72
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSO*7.0*67
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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- PSX*2.0*35
- ACTION: Don't install, leave global
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| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch reflects changes made to copay charges by Public Law 106-117,
priority groups 2-6. Provisions are included to automatically increase
the copayment and the cap amount under certain conditions.
Effective on January 1, 2002, a medication is exempt from copay charges
if it is used to treat the following conditions:
Vietnam-era herbicide (Agent Orange) exposure
Radiation exposure
Exposure to environmental contaminants during Persian Gulf War Service
Military Sexual Trauma
The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act. Public Law 106-117
Cancer of the Head and/or Neck
The Outpatient Pharmacy patch PSO*7*71 and Consolidated Mail Outpatient
Pharmacy (CMOP) patch PSX*2*35 must be installed and implemented by
facilities no later than December 31, 2001. On January 1, 2002, the new
medication copay exemptions provided by patch PSO*7*71 will go into
effect. Changes to increase the amount of medication copay and to
establish the annual copay cap will go into effect when the law is
approved and signed.
will not go into effect until early 2002. The exact effective date is not
A post-installation routine is included in patch PSO*7*71 to review
prescriptions entered over the last year and to populate, whenever
possible, the new SERVICE CONNECTED field (#116) of the PRESCRIPTION
file (#52). This routine queues a background task to look at all
prescriptions entered over the last year and to attempt to populate the
new SERVICE CONNECTED field (#116) of the PRESCRIPTION file (#52) based on
the prescription data. If the COPAY TRANSACTION TYPE field (#105) of the
PRESCRIPTION file (#52) is set to "2," this indicates that the Service
Connected question was asked for this prescription, and the response was
known at this time. Prior to the changes that will be implemented with
"NO." In these cases, the software will set the new SERVICE CONNECTED
field (#116) to "NO." If the COPAY TRANSACTION TYPE field (#105) of the
PRESCRIPTION file (#52) is null, and the drug is not marked as a supply or
as an investigational drug, and the Rx Patient Status of the prescription
contains "50," and either the "<" character or the words "LESS THAN" (for
'SC LESS THAN 50%'), and the COPAY INCOME EXEMPTION STATUS field (#.04) of
the BILLING PATIENT file (#354) is set to "NON-EXEMPT, " then the software
will set the new SERVICE CONNECTED field to "YES."
When the job is complete, a mail message will be sent to the person who
Public Law 106-117, certain veterans paid a $2 copayment for each 30-day
installed the patch.
Complete information for all the changes included in this patch can be
found in the Outpatient Medication Copay Release Notes document. In
addition to the Release Notes, there are changes to the Outpatient
Pharmacy Technical Manual and the Outpatient Pharmacy User Manual.
Sites may retrieve documentation in one of the following ways:
or less supply of medication furnished for the outpatient treatment of a
(1) The preferred method is to FTP the files from
download.vista.domain.ext, which will transmit the files from the
first available FTP server.
(2) Sites may also elect to retrieve documentation directly from a
specific server as follows:
Albany ftp.fo-albany.domain.ext
Hines ftp.fo-hines.domain.ext
nonservice-connected disability or condition. With Public Law 106-117,
Salt Lake City ftp.fo-slc.domain.ext
The documentation distribution includes:
FILE NAMES DESCRIPTION
OP_Med_Copay_RN.pdf Release Notes
OP_7_0_P71_UM_CP.pdf User Manual (change pages)
OP_7_0_P71_TM_CP.pdf Technical Manual (change pages)
the copayment amount will increase from $2 to $7. An annual copayment cap
OP_7_0_UM_R1101.pdf User Manual (updated)
OP_7_0_TM_R1101.pdf Technical Manual (updated)
(3) Documentation can also be retrieved from VISTA Document Library (VDL)
on the VA Intranet at the following address,
http://vista.domain.ext/vdl.
of $840 will be set through calendar year 2002 for veterans in enrollment
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