Healthcare IT Update

Physician Practices Follow 3 Simple Steps To Enter the E-Prescribing Era

Find out what percentage bonus you’ll receive from Medicare. Can your physician afford not to adopt e-prescribing? If your practice still hasn’t applied electronic prescription processes, then you could be missing out on a two percent Medicare bonus — as well as preventing prescription errors and lowering consumer costs.Follow these three simple steps to ensure an easy transition. Background: Payers and health plans have pushed for new incentives for electronic prescription this year. For instance, beginning January 2009, Medicare has paid doctors a bonus if they swapped their prescription pads over to e-prescribing. Several private health plans also have offered extra payments along with free equipment (i.e., digital handheld devices).

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