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Capitalization on drugs - ss

Posted: Nov 24, 2014

Seems like at one time I saw where QA/QC was no longer counting off if you accidentally (or through ignorance) capitalized a generic, but that if you did NOT capitalize a name brand it was an error.

Am I crazy, or can someone tell me where to find this?

I've never seen such a thing. There is still a capitalization error sm - acuteMLS

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thing in FIESA and I've always assumed it goes both ways, if you cap something like a generic drug that shouldn't be or if you don't cap a brand drug.

Found memo about capitalization - sm

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Sent a reversal request. Probably be sorry, but TSM sent the memo out regarding Additional QA Scoring Changes and for some reason I kept it. Brand names not capitalized will still be an error though.

This was just a QC1, but if they want us to be perfect, it should go all the way around the block.

Per my TSM, that was revoked 5/30/14 sm - acuteMLS

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Here is the exact text "In our last Scoring Tip, we had announced that we would stop scoring incorrect capitalization on generic medications.
Unfortunately, that change adversely impacted some customers, so we have revoked that change and will continue to score any generic drugs that are capitalized."

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