Electronic Prescription

This week, the Medical Group Management Association sent a letter to CMS urging the agency to modify provisions of its proposed 2011 physician fee schedule relating to the electronic prescription and electronic health record programs, Modern Healthcare reports (Lubell, Modern Healthcare, 8/25).
The letter comments on CMS’ proposed rules for the Medicare Part B physician fee [...]

Tags: Certified Prescription, E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription, eRx
Posted August 30, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

ROCHESTER, NY – The electronic prescribing rate in upstate New York increased from 12 percent in 2009 to 17 percent in the first quarter of 2010, representing 3.6 million new and renewed prescriptions on an annual basis, according to a new report. The report suggests that this number will grow significantly as the result of [...]

Tags: Certified Prescription, E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription, eRx
Posted August 19, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

With a regulatory stroke, the Obama White House has swept away the last serious legal hurdle set by the federal government to the nationwide conversion of the healthcare system to the electronic prescription and transmission of prescription drugs.
The breakthrough came in June when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration struck down legal impediments to the electronic [...]

Posted August 11, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

The rate of electronic prescribing in upstate New York increased from 12% in 2009 to 17% in the first quarter of this year, a new report by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield found, Healthcare IT News reports (Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 7/15).
The report also concluded that the percentage of physicians across the U.S. who use the technology [...]

Tags: Certified Prescription, E-Prescribing, E-Prescribing Systems, E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription
Posted August 4, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, EHR, EMR, 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 [...]

Tags: ePrescribing, Meaningful Use, NCPDP Script
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 [...]

Tags: CMS, Medicare Part D, prescriber, prescribing
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 [...]

Tags: DEA, E-Prescribing, Pharmacy Groups
Posted July 1, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

OmniMD™ one of the leading healthcare information technology companies, which provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PMS) and other Healthcare IT products and services to their providers and clinics across the nation is proudly announcing achievement of Surescripts® Gold Solution Provider status for its OmniMD Version 8.2 e-prescribing product.  This designation has only been [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing, EMR, SureScripts Gold
Posted June 23, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By Jim Frederick
WASHINGTON (Jun. 1) Capping a decade-long -– and ultimately victorious -– battle by pharmacy and technology interests to modernize all facets of the prescription prescribing and dispensing process, the Drug Enforcement Administration has struck down legal impediments to the electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
In an announcement this afternoon, the DEA issued its interim [...]

Tags: DEA, E-Prescribing, NACDS
Posted June 11, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

By, Healthcare IT News
Surescripts, the Nation’s E-Prescription Network, today announced that eight vendors representing nine physician software products have completed Gold certification. The resulting Gold Solution Provider status is granted to vendors with software products that have surpassed Surescripts’ baseline product certification to meet criteria that demonstrate a higher level commitment to e-prescribing.
The following vendors [...]

Tags: E-Prescribing, omnimd, SureScripts
Posted June 2, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription