Electronic Prescription

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) today acknowledges and applauds the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) on its Final Rules announcement on “meaningful use” of an Electronic Health Record (EHR), including the adoption of NCPDP SCRIPT Standard for the secure, electronic transmission of prescriptions and prescription-related information.
The Final Rule on Standards [...]

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Posted July 16, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

In an interim final rule released Tuesday, CMS “recognized” the use of version 10.6 of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT Standard for electronic prescribing under the Medicare Part D drug benefit, Health Data Management reports.
According to CMS, “recognition” means the agency approves the use of the updated standard for e-prescribing; however, it [...]

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Posted July 13, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription, Medicare Incentive, Medicare Law

Four pharmacy organizations say they support the Drug Enforcement Administration’s efforts to allow electronic prescribing of controlled substances but called for further clarification on the new e-prescribing rule, Modern Healthcare reports.
On March 31, DEA published in the Federal Register its interim final rule on e-prescribing of controlled substances. According to DEA public affairs officer Barbara [...]

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Posted July 1, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription