The resources provided through this Web site - including the e-Prescribing Readiness Assessment - can confirm if technology used in your practice is certified to securely exchange prescription information with payers, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies electronically.
Electronic prescribing can allow your practice to access your patients’ formulary, eligibility, and prescription history information and securely exchange prescription information with pharmacies electronically, rather than by fax, phone or on paper.
This same connectivity allows pharmacies to send requests for prescription refill requests to practices electronically. This can significantly reduce pharmacy phone calls and faxes and free more time for patient care or other reimbursable activity.
If you use e-prescribing software or an electronic medical record (EMR) system in your practice you should confirm that your software can establish an e-prescribing connection with both pharmacies and payers and then verify with your software vendor the steps needed to establish this connectivity.
This is especially important if you are looking to take advantage of government programs - such as the Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (MIPPA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act - that are designed provide incentives to those that adopt e-prescribing and electronic medical record (EMR) technology.
Take the Assessment:
The E-Prescribing Readiness Assessment takes less than five minutes. The report will tell you if the prescribing software or electronic medical record system you use in your practice includes certain key functionalities that are required to be eligible for government programs like MIPPA, including the ability to electronically connect with pharmacies and payers.
Enabling full e-prescribing functionality now will help your practice get the most benefits from participation in these programs.
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