tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 33

Medicare Reform: DRUG BILL'S E-PROVISIONS are the wRONG PRESCRIPTION, SAY DOCS

Congress should make electronic prescription voluntary, not mandatory, under Medicare prescription-drug legislation it's developing, a large number of physicians groups have told congressional conferees on the measure. In an Aug. 26 letter, 48 physician organizations - including the American College of Physicians, the Medical Group Management Association, the Society of General Internal Medicine, and other specialty groups - urged conference chair Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) to adopt the Senate's voluntary, slower-paced approach to e-prescribing rather than the quick, mandatory shift contained in the House bill that Thomas largely authored. Electronic prescribing "shows promise toward reducing medical errors and improving...

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