January 10, 2008
PSHCP Pay Direct Drug Card Implementation Delayed
Unfortunately, the implementation of a Pay Direct Card for members of the Public Service Health Care Plan has been further delayed. The Card was the major priority flowing from the 2005 renegotiation of the Public Service Health Care Plan, however there are still a number of steps to be completed before the Card will be introduced.
Treasury Board originally committed to an implementation date of 2008, however it is still in the preliminary process of tendering the renewal of the contract with Sun Life for the ongoing administration of the Plan. That process is bogged down in the RFI (Request for Information) and RFP (Request for Proposal) processes currently being administered by PWGSC.
As a result, the card will not be introduced until this contract has been awarded and then the administrator will have to finalize the Positive Enrollment (registration) process. Essentially, the administrator will have to identify all the plan members (more than 500,000 members) and their dependents for a total of more than 1.1 million participants. The Card will probably not be introduced until sometime next year.
The PSAC leadership is frustrated by the delay and has indicated so to Treasury Board officials. Updates on the status will be provided on the web when relevant.
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