What's the difference between your POCT cash price and a copay for a similar test from urgent care? Probably not much. People will pay a premium for convenience, and your pharmacy provides tremendous bang for your buck without waiting for third party reimbursement. Join us as we sit down with pharmacy owner Denise Conway for a discussion around her pharmacy's cash pay model for POCT and get ideas to grow your program and revenue.


Visit: https://ncpa.org/point-care-testing-poct for more POCT resources.


Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the value of your pharmacy expanding point-of-care testing services in your communities.
  2. Identify benefits of a cash-pay models for clinical services compared to models relying on third party reimbursement.
  3. List characteristics of a successful point-of-care testing cash payment business model.

04. Speaker(s)

Denise Conway, PharmD, Owner, Conway's Pharmacy

05. Speaker Disclosure Statement

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACPE defined commercial interests for anyone who was in control of the content of the activity.  

07. Pharmacist ACPE UAN#

0207-0000-23-202-H04-P

08. Pharmacy Technician ACPE UAN#

0207-0000-23-202-H04-T

09. Contact Hours

1.0

ACPE Statement

NCPA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program will provide 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit.

Activity Type

On-Demand

Interest

  • Marketing
  • Enhanced services
  • Documentation/Care Planning
  • Workflow
  • COVID-19
  • Third party/PBMs
  • Staff development/training
  • Ownership
  • Accounting/Finances
  • Technology
  • Point-of-care testing
  • Prescriber Collaboration

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Target Audience

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

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Exploring the Point-of-Care Testing Cash Payment Model (Beyond COVID-19)
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Type:NCPA On-Demand Webinar LP
Credits:2
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Total credits:  2
Key Dates
Starts:03/03/2023
Enrollment:Prior to  03/02/2026
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