Eligibility for Pharmacy
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About Eligibility for Pharmacy
Eligibility provides pharmacists with the electronic delivery of PBM/payer member data in a pharmacy setting. Through the pharmacy management system (PMS), the pharmacist can request patient information such as eligibility and pharmacy benefit coverage information.
See Eligibility for Pharmacy ACRsEligibility for Pharmacy ACRs for a list of applicable ACRs.
Eligibility Identifiers
The following information applies to Eligibility Requests (270) initiated from a pharmacy:
- For an Eligibility Request from a pharmacy, the Surescripts ID S00000000000010 is sent in the ISA08, GS03, and 2100A NM109 fields of the 270.
- The Surescripts ID will echo back in the ISA06 and GS02 fields of the Eligibility Response.
Eligibility Response
Formulary information may not be returned in the Eligibility Response if requested by the PBM/payer. This includes the fields:
- Formulary ID
- Alternative ID
- Coverage ID
- Copay ID