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

Health care industry experts expect recent policy changes to spur more physicians to start prescribing medications electronically in the coming years, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Trends in E-Prescribing
A recent report from the electronic prescribing network Surescripts found that the number of prescriptions submitted electronically increased from 68 million in [...]

Tags: CMS, DEA, E-Prescribing
Posted April 22, 2010 by admin under E-Prescription, Electronic Prescription

Bernie Monegain, Editor
Surescripts will adopt a new version of a technical standard that’s recommended by federal regulators as part of a $19 billion incentive program to encourage greater use of electronic health records.
The standard – referred to by industry participants as “NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6″ – allows physicians using electronic health record software to electronically access [...]

Tags: CMS, EHR, electronic health record, electronic prescriptions, SureScripts
Posted November 9, 2009 by admin under EMR, Electronic Prescription

By Mary Mosquera
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to test its ability to accept selected clinical quality data directly from hospital electronic health record systems as early as July 2010.
CMS said it would seek volunteer hospitals to report stroke, blood clot and emergency department measures of care via EHR systems as part [...]

Tags: CMS, EHR systems, electronic health records, Reporting Hospital Quality
Posted October 21, 2009 by admin under EMR, Electronic Prescription, Hospital

By John Moore
Health and Human Services Department officials looked to spark the adoption of e-prescribing at a conference this week attended by some 1,400 health care professionals and industry representatives.
The meeting, held in Boston and sponsored by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, was put together in six weeks in preparation for the planned [...]

Tags: CMS, E-Prescribing, Human Services Department, RxNT
Posted October 21, 2009 by admin under E-Prescription, EMR, Electronic Prescription