Administration of the CSO Funding Pool, NDSS Distribution Services and CCPS.

As part of the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA), arrangements need to be made to allow for the ongoing administration of the CSO wholesale arrangements for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines and National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) products, and for the continued management of chemotherapy compounding fees which are paid directly to chemotherapy compounders via the Chemotherapy Compounding Payment Scheme (CCPS).

The ongoing work required to administer the CSO wholesale arrangements and CCPS is broken broadly into the following elements:

Assessment of CSO Distributors work each month, consistent with the CSO Operational Guidelines, and advice and report to the Department on how much each CSO Distributor should be paid from the CSO Funding Pool, and

Assessment of the quantum of funding owed to TGA licensed compounders each month under the CCPS, with the administration agency making the payments to compounders.

The Department is open to considering different service providers for the CSO Funding Pool arrangements (Including NDSS Distribution Services) and CCPS, should such arrangements provide best value for money.