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Pharmacy regulation in Ontario

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The Ontario College of Pharmacists, the Ontario Drug Benefit, the health card number, and what PharmFlow does and does not do in Ontario.

Pharmacy regulator

Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP)

OCP's public register is a JavaScript search app with per-pharmacy profiles and no bulk export. PharmFlow does not carry OCP register data.

Public drug plan

Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB)

ODB is the provincial drug plan and a first payer. PharmFlow's carrier table lists it with the Ontario Health Network System switch. That entry is a lookup reference, not a claim submission.

Health number

Ontario health card number

The Ontario Drug Benefit bills on the patient's Ontario health card number, the same number OHIP uses. PharmFlow encodes no check-digit rule for it.

PharmFlow tools for Ontario

Insurance ID Checker

Includes the ODB entry, with its health card field and Ontario Health Network System switch.

SIG Code Decoder

SIG abbreviations are the same shorthand in every province.

What PharmFlow does not do in Ontario

  • Insurance claims adjudication is not shipped. PharmFlow does not submit claims to provincial or private payers.
  • No Ontario formulary data. Ontario's formulary is a separate open-data file and is out of scope for the formulary pipeline.
  • The OCP register is search-only, so PharmFlow's pharmacy reference data does not include Ontario pharmacies.
  • PharmFlow does not connect to the Ontario Health Network System.