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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Our Blog has Moved!!
RMS has a new BLOG site with great content being updated weekly! Please go to: http://www.rm-solutions. com/blog/
Friday, July 20, 2012
RMS Pays Employee Prescription Copays
Did you know -- RMS supports independent and institutional pharmacy by reimbursing our employees' prescription copays as long as they don't have their scripts filled at national chain pharmacies? That's right, as part of our ongoing commitment to independent businesses, we recently announced to our employees that as long as they have their prescriptions filled at an independent, independent chain, or institutional pharmacy, we will reimburse them 100% of their copay. If they go to Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Costco, Target, Safeway, or any of the big box chains, they are on their own.
PCI Compliance
Somehow it seems that every time we get ahead of the curve, a new
regulation is lurking around the corner, requiring new policies &
procedures, lots of research and mountains of paperwork. In the
pharmacy industry, dealing with different compliance laws is a daily
occurrence. Every sale a store makes has
to meet all kinds of different criteria to satisfy numerous regulations. This means that your point-of sale system can
be a major factor in maintaining the certifications necessary to run a
successful pharmacy. HIPAA, Signature
Logs, Medicare regulations and FSA certifications have daunted pharmacy owners
for years. One of the newest issues
facing us is PCI Compliance.
Every day I hear and read about PCI Compliance with ever increasing
frequency. This is perhaps one of the
most important compliance issues facing businesses today, but if the number of bewildered
merchants I encounter is any indicator, it just may be the most poorly addressed
issue in the industry.
PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance, came into being as each year,
countless numbers of credit and debit cards are compromised. PCI Compliance is a set of standards enacted
by the credit card industry as a means to help prevent breaches to card
processing environments. Every merchant that accepts credit cards,
regardless of transaction volume or size must certify as PCI Compliant in order
to protect customer card information. Credit card information must be encrypted
and processed securely, networks must be secured and policies must be in place
to demonstrate that a store is doing its part to protect credit card data. In the event of a breach, meaning card holder
information is lost or stolen, non-compliant merchants face huge fines and
penalties, not to mention the damage a breach can cause to even the most
sterling of reputations.
As anyone who has gone through the PCI Compliance process can attest,
the Self-Assessment Questionnaire is grueling.
To many, the questions seem like they are written in another
language.
This is where true partnerships with your system vendors can make the
difference between struggling through pages of cryptic inquiries or being able
to obtain support and assistance as needed.
In the case of Retail Management Solutions, our own certification to
meet Payment Application Data Security Standards means that card information is
encrypted and secured correctly from the moment the card is swiped. Biometric fingerprint readers for logging in
mean that access to systems is secure and auditing of log-in attempts make it
easy to track someone trying to access the system when they shouldn’t. Full network security service is also
available to broaden the scope of our ability to assist. Several different options for processing of delivery
and mail order transactions mean we can either eliminate the need to store
credit card transactions or bring stores into compliance with any information
they do need to keep on file.
Like so many other compliance policies, PCI is here to stay. While it’s
not the easiest process to complete, PCI will ultimately protect you and your
customers.
-Karen Deckard is a PCI
specialist for Retail Management Solutions
Friday, March 30, 2012
Change is good. The Pharmacy Owner Guides the Way.
Heaps of research has been written about change - what to change, why you should change, and how to change. The truth is, change is not something most people sign up for willingly or enthusiastically. In order to engage in change, the desire to achieve a new state must exceed the desire to stay the same.
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If you went out of business tomorrow, who would miss your independent pharmacy?
If you went out of business tomorrow morning, who would miss you? If it’s your patients who will just take their prescription and walk three more doors down to the next pharmacy, you’re in trouble.
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America's Pharmacist Article: Transforming Your Pharmacy Marketing Approach
What if there were no televisions, radios or newspapers anymore? How would you go about getting new prescription customers?
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
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