WEB EXTRA!
HHS has released the final regulations implementing the new Medicare prescription drug benefit and other provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 scheduled to take effect next year. To download PDF versions of fact sheets that review the provisions and explain key changes between the proposed and final rules, go to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicarereform/pdbma/general.asp and click under "Technical Fact Sheets." The HHS press release and other related materials may also be accessed at the site.
Also available from HHS are proposed regulations implementing the new electronic prescribing standards called for under the Medicare act. The e-prescribing regulations are available for public comment at http://www.regulations.gov/freddocs/05-01773.htm. Drug plans will be required to support e-prescribing; physician and pharmacy participation will be voluntary.
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