title: 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.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D006801:Humans; D054524:Medicare Part D / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D035141:Voluntary Programs