Pharmacists brace for tamper-resistant prescription rule

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Just days before the Medicaid tamper-resistant prescription pad rule was set to go into effect, a flurry of activity is promising to give healthcare providers a reprieve. In late September, both the Senate and House of Representatives passed bills to delay the rule's implementation for six months. The rule mandates that all nonelectronic Medicaid Rxs be written on tamper-resistant Rx pads to discourage fraud. At press time, the bill had not yet been signed by President Bush. Still, even with an extra six months to prepare, pharmacists and doctors around the country are just beginning to learn what the rule's impact will be.

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Author(s): 
Reid Paul
Journal: 
Drug Topics, Oct 8, 2007
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