21Supplies to authorised alternative suppliers

21 Supplies to authorised alternative suppliers

Entitlement to payment (1) Subject to this section, a person who supplies a designated pharmaceutical benefit to an authorised alternative supplier (for the purpose of the authorised alternative supplier making a special arrangement supply of the designated pharmaceutical benefit) is entitled to payment from the Commonwealth. Amount of payment (2) The amount of the payment is the approved ex‑manufacturer price of the listed brand of the pharmaceutical item of the designated pharmaceutical benefit that was applicable on the day the person supplied the benefit to the authorised alternative supplier. Claims for payment (3) If a person wants to receive a payment to which the person is entitled under this section, the person must make a claim for payment in accordance with subsection (4). (4) The claim must: (a) be made, in writing, to the Secretary; and (b) include the name of the authorised alternative supplier; and (c) include, for each day covered by the claim on which the person supplied a designated pharmaceutical benefit to the authorised alternative supplier, the volume of each designated pharmaceutical benefit supplied on the day.