A CCHIT Based Guide to a Qualified E-prescribing System – Part I (The 2008 requirements)

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As I mentioned briefly in my previous post, Medicare is providing incentives for practices to implement a “qualified” e-prescribing solution.  The Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (referred to lovingly as MIPPA) describes in detail the schedule of payments for practices (found here), but it falls short on detailing what a qualified system is.  Instead, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) points to certification authorities to provide the guidance of qualifying a practice’s system. As the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology(CCHIT) will be the basis for the EHR incentives that come with the healthcare stimulus package, I thought it might be a good exercise to see what they had to say about e-prescribing.

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