Electronic Prescription Program. PDP sponsors and entities offering an MA Rx or EFFS Rx plan would be required, effective January 1, 2007, to have in place an electronic prescription program. The program would have to be consistent with national standards developed by the Administrator. The program would be required to provide for electronic transmittal of prescriptions (except in emergencies and exceptional cases). It would also have to provide for the electronic transmittal of information to the prescribing health professional of information that included: 1) information (to the extent available and feasible) on the drugs being prescribed for that patient and other information relating to the medical history or condition of the patient that may be relevant to the appropriate prescription for the patient; 2) cost-effective alternatives (if any) for the prescribed drug; and 3) information on drugs included in the applicable formulary. To the extent feasible, the program would permit the prescribing health professional to provide, and be provided, information on an interactive real time basis. The Administrator would provide for the development of uniform standards relating to the electronic prescription drug program. These standards would be compatible with the administrative simplification requirements of Title XI of the Social Security Act. The Administrator would be required to establish an advisory task force that included representatives of physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, beneficiaries, pharmacy benefit managers, individuals with expertise in information technology, and pharmacy benefit experts of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense and other appropriate Federal agencies to provide recommendations to the administrator on such standards, including recommendations relating to:
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