CMS Rule on E-Prescribing and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
On July 1, 2010, CMS published an interim final rule with comment period that identifies the National Council for the Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Prescriber/ Pharmacist Interface SCRIPT standard, Implementation Guide, Version 10, Release 6 (Version 10.6) -- or NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 -- as a backward compatible update of the adopted NCPDP SCRIPT 8.1. As such, the NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 may be used for conducting certain e-prescribing transactions for the Medicare Part D electronic prescription drug program. The rule is effective July 1, 2010; comments will be accepted until August 30, 2010.
