To qualify for the eRx incentive the EMR must have these qualifications:
Documents whether the eligible professional has adopted a qualified electronic prescribing (eRx) system and the extent of use in the ambulatory setting. A qualified eRx system is one that is capable of ALL of the following:
DESCRIPTION:
• Generate a complete active medication list incorporating electronic data received from applicable pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) if available
• Select medications, print prescriptions, electronically transmit prescriptions, and conduct all alerts (defined below)
• Provide information related to lower cost, therapeutically appropriate alternatives (if any). (The availability of an eRx system to receive tiered formulary information, if available, would meet this requirement for 2010)
• Provide information on formulary or tiered formulary medications, patient eligibility, and authorization requirements received electronically from the patient’s drug plan (if available)
I guess Surescripts can do this but it doesn't seem to happen automatically through AC. Does anyone have it set up so that you get formulary and cost info on each Rx?
Can anyone address this issue? Do we really qualify? How do we get the formulary info to work?
