Diagnostic e-script safe harbor?
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HHS Office of the Inspector General is requesting comments on whether a safe harbor under the federal anti-kickback statute for hospitals and insurance plans providing free equipment for writing electronic drug prescriptions should extend to e-prescription technologies used for medical tests and supplies, an Oct. 11 1proposed rule notes. The proposed rule establishes the drug e-prescription safe harbor, which was mandated by the Medicare Modernization Act to encourage adoption of electronic health records...