Written and Published FSI’s Development and Customer Engagement Teams – 801-785-7720
Left to right: (Development Team) Mel Poulsen, Daryn Cheney.
Release Information:
Delta version, March 15, 2025, update (Released March 19, 2025)
FSI Support Office Business Hours
The main menu of the pharmacy system will now display the support office business hours on the lower left of the screen. FSI Support office operating hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (MST/MDT).
Medi-Span Drug Update.
This Medi-Span Drug Price Update contains 142 NDC Changes, 4983 Drugs, 307 GPIs, and 19 Therapeutic Class changes.
FSI Point of Sale Software
No notable software changes.
FSI Pharmacy Management Software
Medi-Span Prior Adverse Reaction Class Retirements
Medi-Span is retiring a few PAR classes which can affect patients who have allergies linked to any of those PAR classes. The affected PAR classes that have multiple ingredients are:
00056 – Calcium Channel Blockers
00155 – Vitamin D Analogs
00209 – Red Dye
To meet the requirement from Medi-Span and to ensure the safety of all patients, a program change has been implemented in the pharmacy software to require the allergy class to be updated or changed to a specific ingredient allergy. If the pharmacy system detects a retired PAR class in a patient’s allergy profile when accessing the patient, the system will go directly to the PRIOR ADVERSE REACTION MAINTENANCE screen and will provide a message with the retired class code identified. It will then be the responsibility of the pharmacy personnel to confirm the appropriate updated allergy code(s) for the patient before filling any new prescriptions for the patient.
Medi-Span is also retiring 11 single ingredient allergy classes. Because there is only one ingredient, the system will automatically switch affected patients from the retired allergy class to the corresponding active ingredient. This will take place when the patient is accessed in the pharmacy system. No action is required by the pharmacy for these one-to-one changes. The 11 single ingredient classes are:
00013 – Cimetidine
00104 – Valproic Acid and Related
00178 – Abacavir
00179 – Benzyl Alcohol
00186 – Efavirenz
00187 – Bupropion
00194 – Metoclopramide
00195 – Lithium
00197 – Cyclosporine
00224 – Isoniazid
00256 – Cobalt.
With these changes, it would be prudent to review each patient’s allergies to confirm all allergies are up to date. Please contact FSI support if you have any questions about these changes.
Inventory By Date Report
The ‘Pack Size Direct Cost’ column was added to this report to show the cost value of the pack on not just the unit.
Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Options
An option was added to be able to print the Medicare ‘Likely to Benefit’ PDF form in English or Spanish if a specific Medicare billing response code is received (56). Instructions are also displayed for how to bill Medicare as the final payor if a response code of (57) is received. A Medicare response code of (58) informs the operator that the patient declined the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan