Onsite Pharmacy and Pharmacy Sublease Services

The Vendor is required pharmacy and pharmacy sublease services to the participating Burke persons served as well as some employed staff with in its eleven-county catchment area:
a. Planning the provision of managing and fully staffing an on-site pharmacy in Lufkin;
b. Provision of a full-time, on-site Pharmacist in charge during Burke’s operational hours;
c. Provision of and billing of pharmacy services for Burke.
d. Billing client’s pharmacy benefit when the client has insurance or third-party coverage, for Burke or other prescribed medications;
e. Utilizing pharmaceutical assistance programs, and/or cost savings resources to ease the financial demands upon Burke’s budget for medication funding where indicated.
f. Ensure that all pharmaceuticals are labeled and filled in accordance with Federal, Texas State Law and the Texas Board of Pharmacy regulations;
g. Prepare and dispense medication in a blister pack, as requested;
h. Prepare any liquid and/or dissolvable psychotropic medication as required;
i. Prepare and track any injectable medications;
j. Ability to provide and administer vaccines;
k. Accept and properly dispose of any unused medication returned by clients, as regulations permit, including expired medication;
l. Document and maintain records for all prescriptions and services provided, according to State, Federal and Pharmacy Board guidelines;
m. Prepare a quarterly report which shall include the name and number of prescriptions filled. Report shall be submitted quarterly to the appropriate Burke staff identified in the contract;
n. Maintain Bi-Directional Interface with Burke’s Electronic Health Record for E-Scripts for Burke clients (E.H.R. – Clinical system);
o. Provide prior authorization for prescription support and services as indicated, according to Pharmacy Board guidelines;
p. Ability to provide emergency and after-hours medication as requested;
q. Invoicing Burke in accordance with Burke’s accounting requirements;
r. Explain your process of correcting invoices.
s. Ability to provide mail order medication.
t. Ability to provide delivery of medications within a 10-mile radius of Angelina and Nacogdoches Mental Health clinics, with an option to include Polk County Mental Health Clinic service area.
u. Ability to courier in person delivery of long-acting antipsychotic medications ordered from the pharmacy in Lufkin to the Nacogdoches Mental Health Clinic nursing staff on a weekly, or as required, basis in order for Burke nursing staff to administer these injections in a timely manner, with the option to include Polk County Mental Health Clinic service area.