http://www.eprescriptionservices.com/medicare-pay-bonuses-eprescribing/ Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:04:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.eprescriptionservices.com/medicare-pay-bonuses-eprescribing/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Todd S. Eury Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:41:57 +0000 http://www.eprescriptionservices.com/?p=91#comment-107 Pharmacy gets stuck with the bill. ($0.25 per transaction) The doctors should be sharing in this expense or the pharmacy should receive a similar incentive. Transaction fees ($0.20 - $0.35 per transaction). Refills are free, so the transaction cost for prescriptions with multiple refills can be amortized over multiple dispensing. As the number of e-prescriptions grows, the cost per transaction may eventually be reduced. Transaction fees are charged by the pharmacy’s software vendor. However, pharmacists argue that traditional methods of prescription generation and delivery have zero transaction fees for initial prescription fills and refill. Approximately half of the transaction fee goes to Surescripts, the intermediary e-prescribing network developed by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). SureScripts merged with RxHub, a network founded by the nation’s three largest PBMs. Pharmacy gets stuck with the bill. ($0.25 per transaction) The doctors should be sharing in this expense or the pharmacy should receive a similar incentive. Transaction fees ($0.20 – $0.35 per transaction). Refills are free, so the transaction cost for prescriptions with multiple refills can be amortized over multiple dispensing. As the number of e-prescriptions grows, the cost per transaction may eventually be reduced. Transaction fees are charged by the pharmacy’s software vendor. However, pharmacists argue that traditional methods of prescription generation and delivery have zero transaction fees for initial prescription fills and refill. Approximately half of the transaction fee goes to Surescripts, the intermediary e-prescribing network developed by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). SureScripts merged with RxHub, a network founded by the nation’s three largest PBMs.

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