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County Medical Society Joseph R. Maldonado, Jr., - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
County Medical Society Joseph R. Maldonado, Jr., - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
MSSNY President-Elect Update for Steuben County Medical Society Joseph R. Maldonado, Jr., M.D.,MSc,MBA,DipEBHC ISTOP ISTOP Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Law Took effect August 27, 2013 Overhauls NYs Prescription
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E-Prescribing 2015
Effective March 27, 2015, Physicians will be required to “e-prescribe” both controlled and non-controlled medications. Can be accomplished through EMR applications or via a “standalone” system EMR or standalone systems MUST be certified by Surescripts, the national prescription-routing network
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EMRs
You must check to make sure your EMR is certified by Surescripts AND that it meets the DEA’s EPCS (Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances) security requirements/certification
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Standalone Prescription Systems
Systems must also meet Surescripts certification AND DEA’s EPCS certification Systems currently meeting both include:
Allscripts Deluxe www.allscripts.com DrFirst Rcopia
www.drfirst.com
MD Toolbox
www.mdtoolbox.com
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Checking Your E-prescribing system for compliance
Surescripts
http://surescripts.com/network-
connections/mns/prescriber-software
EMR – click on lefthand filter EMR and check
your EMR. Note that some programs are certified but not yet available. Many are not EPCS certified
Standalone – click on lefthand filter
Standalone and check as with EMR
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Establishing a functional and compliant e-prescribing system
Signing up with your vendor e-prescribing tool Registering your system with the New York State BNE (New York State Health Department’s Bureau of Narcotic Control)
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Signing up with your e- prescribing vendor system
3 Step Process:
1) “Identity proofing” - vendor verifies who
you are including:
Verifying your personal identity Knowledge based authentication Verification of account information – financial
2) “Two-factor authentication” – a credential
that establishes your electronic signature
Something you know – Password Some you have – digital token
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Signing up with your e- prescribing vendor system
3) Access control setup – 2 person process
One individual for setting list of those authorized to prescribe and the prescriber to use his/her credentials to log in and activate system access
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Registering with NY BNE
1) Complete one-page registration Practitioner EPCS Registration Form found at: https:www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-5121.pdf Additional official NYS DOH resource: http://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narc
- tic/electronic_prescribing/
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