E-Prescription is named as one of the “core” criteria for achieving “Meaningful Use” for Stage One of the Stimulus Incentives effective January 1, 2011.

Please refer to Abraxas Stimulus Center to learn all about the Economic Stimulus Plan and how Abraxas can help you capitalize on Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments to receive maximum funding available.

Medicare Incentives/Penalties

Beginning January 1, 2009, providers who use a qualified system to e-prescribe can receive a higher level of reimbursement under Medicare in form of a 2% reimbursement bonus in 2009 and 2010. This reimbursement bonus will drop to 1% in 2011 and 2012 and to .5% in 2013.

Eligible providers who do not e-prescribe will see a penalty of 1% in their reimbursement starting in 2012. This penalty increases to 1.5% in 2013 and to 2% in 2014 and beyond

Meeting CMS Guidelines

· As of October 1, 2008, CMS requires all written Medicaid prescriptions to be on a tamper resistant blank. Electronic prescriptions are excluded from this requirement. E-prescriptions are excluded from this requirement.

· Beginning January 1, 2012 Part D prescriptions can no longer be sent to pharmacies by computer generated fax. If your EMR or e-prescribing system is not enabled to send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically by this date prescriptions must be printed and handed to the patient, or manually faxed.