so what will all the AC users plan to do when medicare comes and says "Do e-Rx the way we tell you or you will not be paid" ????
It WILL happen and it will happen within Obama admin.
I am not sure if I am reading an anti-regulation animus here or not. Is there a provider out there who believes that the use of e-prescriptions is a bad thing for medicine? I believe that the multiplicity of e-prescription vendors is a bigger issue. What is the "standard format?" Who controls the format? Is it in the public interest?
Now with regards to "it will happen withing the Obama Administration" Check that! It has already HAPPENED IN THE BUSH Administration.
Medicare Offers Incentives for e-prescribing. Eligible e-prescribing doctors will get a 2 percent incentive payment in 2009 and 2010 from Medicare, followed by 1 percent payment in 2011 and 2012, and a half-percent payment in 2013. Those not successfully e-prescribing by 2012 could be subject to a 1 percent penalty, followed by a 1.5 percent penalty in 2013 and 2 percent in 2014
There is an old Liberian saying: "you cannot travel far if you want to hold on to the canoe and keep your feet on the shore."
I'm not sure I understand how one can embrace electronic heath records while at the same time rejecting e-prescribing, because it is government mandated.
