2009 Medicare Rule Includes Prescription Fax Exemption Until 2012

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News The final rule for the Medicare Part B physician fee schedule for 2009, states that until 2012, prescribers may use computer-generated faxes to transmit prescriptions for Medicare patients. However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that e-prescribing transmissions are preferred. In 2007, CMS decided to prohibit the use of faxes and require all prescribers and dispensers to use e-prescribing software that utilizes NCPDP SCRIPT as of January 1, 2009. Based on comments on the proposed elimination of faxes, CMS reversed the rule, and will permit . . .