MS-DOS Rx SYSTEM FOR PHARMACIES

                                ver. 3.0

                        Programmed February 2001

                        by Duane Bristow

                        Albany, Kentucky  42602

                        (606) 387-5884

                        duane@webcom.com

                        http://www.webcom.com/duane/



        System Utilities



        The program has facilities to set drug price structures, 

        update prices, rebill for unpaid prescriptions, and transfer 

        prescriptions.



        These Utilities are:



            1.  Read help files?

            2.  Access general info?

            3.  Reindex system?

            4.  Set Flags?

            5.  Transfer Prescription?

            6.  Read in sig codes?

            7.  Edit Help screens?

            8.  Refresh Rx counts?

            9.  Browse files?

           10.  Read in price updates?

           11.  Set Pharmacist initials?

           12.  Set price structure?

           13.  Merge two customer files?

           14.  Bill Unpaids?

           15.  Post DME payments?

           16.  Print PA forms?

           17.  Auxillary Utilities?

                    a.  Calendar

                    b.  Change screen scroll message

                    c.  Check system speed

                    d.  Edit disk output file

                    e.  View Creator



        In general, output is set to the Screen, Printer or Disk on the 

        menu screen at the bottom by pressing the [HOME] key.  If output 

        is set to Screen and a report that is not available on the 

        screen is requested the output will go to the printer. 



     Read help files - Outputs the help files such as this one to the 

        screen, printer or disk. 



     Access general info - allows change of pharmacy address, phone 

        number, ID numbers etc. 



     Reindex system - allows correction of index errors which are 

        usually due to power failures. 



     Set flags - allows setting of flags which determine various 

        aspects of how the pharmacy system operates. 



     Transfer prescription - Allows input of the information 

        necessary to transfer a prescription to another pharmacy or from 

        another pharmacy. 



     Read in sig codes - Updates the sig codes in the computer by 

        frequency of use.  Use this when the sig code file becomes too 

        large to be loaded by the program. 



     Edit help screens - There are ten user defined help screens 

        invoked from anywhere within the program by pressing the F keys.  

        This utility allows the user to edit these screens. 



     Refresh Rx counts - The computer keeps number of prescriptions 

        and number of dollars value of these prescriptions by customer, 

        doctor, drug, insurance company and by price category.  This 

        utility allows these numbers to be reset to those totals between 

        two user defined dates. 



     Browse files - This allows the user to view the data files: 

                Doctors

                Drugs

                Customers

                Preauths

                Insurance Companies

                Sigs

                Codes

                Transfers

                Prescriptions

                Transactions

                Unpaid Transactions



     Read in price updates - allows update of AWP and cost prices 

        from a computer file obtained from the pharmacy supplier 

        computer system.  This utility has its own more detailed help 

        file. 



     Set Pharmacist initials - Allows editing of the initials allowed 

        for pharmacists filling prescriptions on this computer. 



     Set price structure - Allows set up of any number of price 

        formulas based on cost or AWP to be used in calculating retail 

        prices of drugs. 



     Merge customer files - Allows merging of two customer files 

        inadvertently created for the same person. 

         

     Bill Unpaids - automatically rebills electronically for unpaid 

        prescriptions between two specified dates. 

        Creates both an electronic billing file for 

        Medicaid and prints HCFA 1500 for Medicare to bill for Durable 

        Medical Equipment dispensed. 

        The user can specify:

                [D]MEs, [M]edicare, [K]y medicaid, [O]ther

                as well as rejection codes to exclude.

        If output is set to Disk, HCFA 1500s will go there, otherwise

        they will always go to the printer.



        The user also has the option to only preview the number of

        prescriptions and amount of rebillings rather than to actually

        create the bills in order to check settings and numbers of 

        forms and/or electronic billing time needed for the project.



     Post DME payments - lets the user input amounts paid for DMEs

        dispensed by insurance company and by patient.  DMEs are 

        identified by patient name and by date dispensed.



     Print PA forms - lets the user input prescription number for

        which a Medicaid Prior Authorization form is needed and 

        computer prints the form to the printer or to a disk file.



     Auxillary Utilities:



        Calendar - displays a calendar page for any date and calculates 

        number of days between any two dates. 



        Change screen scroll message - changes the message displayed 

        when the computer screen scrolls due to inactivity. 



        Check system speed - displays a speed index number which can be 

        used to compare the speeds of two computer systems. 



        Edit disk output file - Allows use of a word processor to view 

        or edit reports output to a disk file. 



        View Creator - on computers with this capability shows a picture 

        of the author of this program package.