Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances; Request for Information (RFI)

Prepublication notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking input on whether CMS should include exceptions to the electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS), which will required for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage Drug Plans beginning January 1, 2021. Feedback on circumstances that exceptions should be made and whether CMS should impose penalties for noncompliance with this mandate in its rulemaking, and what those penalties should be are specifically sought. Comments are due within 60 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, which is scheduled for August 4, 2020.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news