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Partners In Care participates in federally funded test of electronic prescribing program

Published in Law and Health Weekly, March 4th, 2006

Partners In Care, Corp. announced that it will participate in a $2 million grant awarded to SureScripts to conduct tests of electronic prescribing as part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Medicare prescription drug benefit program.

These awards are a part of the requirements under the 2003 U.S. Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), which called for the secretary of U.S. Health & Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to require pilot testing of electronic prescribing standards as a part of the agency's Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit program. Medicare Part D encourages physicians to transmit new prescription and...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-03-04)

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