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Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill Includes Provision on ePrescribing

The Iraq war supplemental appropriations bill that was signed into law last month included a provision which will affect the way physicians are reimbursed when prescribing medication under the Medicaid program. 

The provision requires doctors reimbursed under Medicaid to use tamper resistant prescription pads or to fill prescriptions electronically.  Doctors not using either a tamper resistant pad or ePrescribing would not be eligible for reimbursement.  A similar measure was included in the President's 2008 budget request.  To view the entire bill, click here.  The provision is at the bottom of page 76 in the bill.