Answers To Questions About onePAC
A recent AlignMap post, Individualized Dose Packets Simplify Medication Adherence, described onePac, a service of Parata, a company specializing in automated pharmacy services. OnePac is a system allowing local pharmacies to provide all of a specific patient’s oral and topical medications packaged by dose; the press release describes it as ” … a 30- to 90-day onePAC supply comes to patients as a perforated strip of individual onePAC packages, one for each dose, prepared in a convenient dispensing box that displays the next dose to be taken.”
I emailed Parata with questions I had that were not addressed in the release and received a prompt reply from Nanette Kirsch, Parata’s Senior Director of Marketing Communication.
I’ve pasted the questions I asked and the answers I received below:
Q: What, for example, is the incremental cost and is it anticipated that the local pharmacy will absorb it or will it be passed along to consumers? Will third party payers cover this benefit?
A: 1. Most pharmacies charge $10 - $20 for a 30-day supply.
2. We do have a new partner with which we’ll be exploring reimbursement through third-party payors. It is not presently available.
Q: On the technical side, can the onePAC system handle prescriptions calling for non-daily dosing, such as risedronate (Actonel) which is taken once a week?
A: Yes. In whatever manner the prescription is filled by the host system, it is sent to the PACMED system, which prepares onePACs. It will then package for example, a 14-day cycle with Actonel on each Monday in that week’s cycle.
I had other questions that required input from the product manager who was out today. Ms Kirsch hoped to obtain the responses tomorrow. I’ll post those when they arrive, at which time I’ll also have further commentary.
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