Although it may pale in comparison to this (“10 tips Obama can take from Tiger”) improving Panara’s support for the PRSI scheme 3 days before it was all but obliterated feels pretty stupid. The change in the program was designed to remove the hassle of phoning Donegal by sending the Department auto-generated emails instead. I promised to put it in a few months ago, thought about dropping it after MacCarthy and then decided to go ahead anyway. For those surgeries who do decide to continue supporting this exam-only scheme the new feature will save on staff time and phone costs. 

Panara already includes DTSS approval and claim generation and printing, claims reconciliation and instant online checking of medical card numbers. In the update due in early January there will be improved support for reclaims in line with suggestions from users.

The forthcoming further reduction in fees paid for work on medical card patients makes anything that can save admin costs more necessary than ever.