E-Prescribing Adoption Will Be Accelerated By CMS, OIG Proposed Rules
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Proposals published Oct. 5 would create exceptions to the physician self-referral law and establish safe harbors for the donation of e-prescribing technology.
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