MedGuide 50 [cents] per prescription payment to pharmacists included in steering committee draft proposal.
Executive Summary
MEDGUIDE PAYMENT OF 50› PER NEW PRESCRIPTION SUGGESTED in the latest iteration of the draft Action Plan for the Provision of Useful Prescription Drug Information released Nov. 20. The plan suggests that HHS "establish the proper example for private sector initiatives by reimbursing health care providers who distribute written prescription information with new prescriptions, in those cases in which the federal government is the payor."