Healthcare IT Today July 16, 2024
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The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fourth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new standards for electronic prescribing on June 13, concluding a complicated, 18-month regulatory process that came in fits and starts and went by without attracting much industry scrutiny.

Before the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONCs) newly proposed HTI-2 rule, announced on July 10, becomes a primary focus for health IT developers, let’s explore what EHRs need to understand and implement to comply with CMS’ final rule for e-prescribing.

Key requirements include:

1. Formulary and benefit version 60: This update...

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