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Value Calculator

One of the benefits of our dispensing solutions is the potential to increase the profitability of your practice. Since every practice is unique in its patient population, patient volumes and dispensing practices, we’ve created an online calculator that can assist you in estimating the financial potential for your own practice.

Fill out the form below and the annual profit potential will be automatically calculated. Click on the links for more information, including a printable version of the profit calculations.

Total patient visits per week
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Workers
Compensation		 Commercial and
Cash Payers		 Other Including
Medicare/Medicaid
Payer types (by percentage)
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Average prescriptions per visit   Natl average = 1.75/visit
Include Medical Foods? Yes  No Medical Foods
Include Commercial Payers? Yes  No Commercial Payers
Annual profit potential   

What are Medical Foods?

The term medical food, as defined in section 5(b) of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee (b) (3)) is "a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation." Your Ancillary Advantage representative can provide you with additional background information on medical foods, including a report from Frost and Sullivan on the impact these products are having on health care.

How do they differ from supplements?

Supplements support the healthy function of the body by adding to substances already in the body. For example, glucosamine and chondroitin, taken for osteoarthritis, naturally occur in the body's joints. Glucosamine stimulates joint repair, chondroitin maintains joint viscosity.

Supplements are regulated by the FDA as a food (not a drug). There is no requirement that their effectiveness be based upon medical or scientific evidence and they do not require a prescription.

Commercial payers include insurance companies such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna, United Healthcare, etc. Patients covered by these payers often times have a pharmacy benefit card that enables them to fill their prescriptions at a retail pharmacy. However, these prescriptions can also be filled in your office at the point of care through our Cash and Carry program.

The Ancillary Advantage Cash and Carry program is offered to patients as an alternative to having their prescriptions filled at a retail pharmacy. We provide you with a product formulary that includes most of the medications that you are already prescribing to your patients.

Prescriptions are filled and the practice collects the co-payment amount that would otherwise be paid to the retail pharmacy. There is no need to process a prescription card for adjudication and payment. In addition to being a convenient option for your patients, a cash and carry program is also a financial revenue opportunity for your practice.