Medicare program; identification of backward compatible version of adopted standard for e-prescribing and the Medicare prescription drug program (NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6). Interim final rule with comment period.
This interim final rule with comment period identifies the National Council for the Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Prescriber/Pharmacist Interface SCRIPT standard, Implementation Guide, Version 10, Release 6 (Version 10.6), hereafter referred to as "NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6," as a backward compatible update of the adopted NCPDP SCRIPT 8.1. This interim final rule with comment period therefore permits the voluntary use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 for conducting certain e-prescribing transactions for the Medicare Part D electronic prescription drug program.
D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D006801:Humans; D054524:Medicare Part D / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D035141:Voluntary Programs