Kate Schaddelee
Challenges with pharmacy-hospice direct contracting
Pharmacies face significant challenges when contracting directly with hospices. Some of these include:
So what are e-prescribe mandates? E-prescribe mandates are defined as, “A prescriber’s ability to electronically send an accurate, error-free and understandable prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point-of-care and is an important element in improving the quality of patient care.”1
View below to see if your state currently has any mandates!
State mandates beginning 2023
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Utah
States that already have mandates
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas - EPCS Only
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska - EPCS Only
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
States with no mandates
- Alabama
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Hawaii
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New Jersey
- North Dakota
- Ohio Oregon
- South Dakota
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
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Cited sources:
1 https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/E-Health/Eprescribing
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