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Refresh Your E-Prescribing Know How With This Advice

Published on Thu Apr 05, 2012

Look at these incentives for adopting eRx.If your gastroenterologist's practice hasn't already adopted electronic prescribing (ePrescribing or eRx) system in 2011, then you might be subject to a payment adjustment for Medicare Part B claims in 2012 and the future years. Read on to know more about what these adjustments are and how you can avoid them in the coming years and also benefit from incentives CMS provides for e-prescribing.If you have not already adopted the e-prescribing system in 2011 (between Jan.1, 2011 and June 30, 2011) and not claimed for hardship exemptions by the prescribed deadline, then your practice will have to suffer a 1 percent adjustment in 2012 for all Medicare Part B claims. Your practice will avoid the payment adjustments of 1 percent and will be eligible for an incentive of 1 percent of all Medicare Part B payments if you have filed claims using the electronic [...]
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