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Pharmacy regulation in Alberta

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The Alberta College of Pharmacy, the public drug programs Alberta Blue Cross administers, and what PharmFlow does and does not do in Alberta.

Pharmacy regulator

Alberta College of Pharmacy (ACP)

The College's public register is a per-name search behind a captcha, with no bulk export. PharmFlow does not carry ACP register data.

Public drug plan

Alberta government drug programs

Alberta Blue Cross administers the province's public drug programs, including seniors and palliative coverage. Alberta Blue Cross is also a carrier in PharmFlow's insurance carrier table.

Health number

Alberta Personal Health Number (PHN)

PharmFlow's patient identifier table includes the Alberta PHN. It encodes no check-digit rule for it.

Physician register

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA)

CPSA publishes an alphabetical list of actively licensed physicians as a PDF. PharmFlow's provider reference data is built from that list.

PharmFlow tools for Alberta

Insurance ID Checker

Covers the Alberta Blue Cross entry in the carrier table.

SIG Code Decoder

SIG abbreviations are the same shorthand in every province.

What PharmFlow does not do in Alberta

  • Insurance claims adjudication is not shipped. PharmFlow does not submit claims to provincial or private payers.
  • No Alberta Netcare or EHR integration. Alberta-specific prescription status management is not supported.
  • The ACP pharmacy register is search-only, so PharmFlow's pharmacy reference data does not include Alberta pharmacies.