Glossary of Drug Plan Terms

Commonly Used Canadian Drug Plan Acronyms

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AAC: Actual acquisition cost.

ACP: Advisory Committee on Pharmaceuticals.

AEAC: Atlantic Expert Advisory Committee.

AHFS: American Hospital Formulary Service.

ASO: Administrative Service Only

CADTH: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (Formerly Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)).

CDC: Catastrophic Drug Coverage.

CDR: Common Drug Review.

CEDAC: Canadian Expect Drug Advisory Committee.

CIHI: Canadian Institute for Health Information.

CLHIA: Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.

COB: Co-ordination of Benefits.

COMPUS: Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing and Utilization Service.

CPhA: Canadian Pharmacists Association.

DBP: Drug Benefit Price

DND: Department of National Defence.

DNF: Drug Notification Form

DOB: Date of birth.

DQTC: Drug Quality and Therapeutics Committee

DSS: Drug System Secretariat

DUM: Drug Utilization Management

DUR: Drug Utilization Review

EDRD: Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases.

E.H.C.: Extended Health Care.

e-Rx: Electronic Prescribing.

FPT: Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments.

FSA's: Flexible Spending Accounts

IDM: Integrated Disability Management

JODR: Joint Oncology Drug Review

LCA: Low Cost Alternative.

LTC: Long-term Care.

LTD.: Long Term Disability.

MAC: Maximum Allowable Cost

MAP: Maximum Allowable Price

MHC: Mental Health Centre.

MTF: NPS Ministerial Task Force.

NIHB: Non-insured Health Benefits

NOC, NOC-c, NON: Notice of Compliance, Notice of Compliance with conditions, Notice of Non-Compliance.

NPS: National Pharmaceuticals Strategy.

NPDUIS: National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System.

ODBF: Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary

OOP: Out of Province.

OTC: Over the counter.

PBM: Pharmacy Benefits Manager/Management

PIN: Product Identification Number.

PMRB: Patented Medicine Price Review Broad.

POSP: Physician Office System Program.

PT: Provincial and Territorial Governments.

RDP: Reference Drug Program.

SA: Special Authority

SAP: Special Access Programme.

STD: Short-Term Disability

TPA: Third-Party Administrator

TPD: Therapeutic Products Directorate of Health Canada.

VAC: Veterans Affairs Canada. Formerly call Department of Veterans.