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  • Title: Medicare program; identification of backward compatible version of adopted standard for e-prescribing and the Medicare prescription drug program (version 8.1). Interim final rule with comment period.
    Author: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
    Journal: Fed Regist; 2006 Jun 23; 71(121):36020-4. PubMed ID: 16795952.
    Abstract:
    This interim final rule with comment period identifies the Prescriber/Pharmacist Interface SCRIPT Standard, Implementation Guide, Version 8.1 (hereafter referred to as "Version 8.1 of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) SCRIPT Standard") as a backward compatible update of the adopted Version 5.0. This interim final rule with comment period also permits the voluntary use of Version 8.1 of the NCPDP SCRIPT Standard for conducting certain e-prescribing transactions for the electronic prescription drug program under Title I of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
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