DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 9 (September)

Final e-Rx rule gives four new exemptions, Nov. 1 deadline

Good news: If you have been unable to participate in Medicare’s e-prescribing incentive program this year, you now have until Nov. 1, 2011, to apply for a hardship exemption that will save you from a 1% Medicare payment penalty in 2012. You’ll have to act fast, though, and you’ll have to request the exemption through a new online tool, not by reporting G-codes on your Medicare claims. 

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