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Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Incentive Program Statutory Authority Section 132 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) authorized a new and separate program for eligible professionals who are successful electronic prescribers (e-Prescribers) for 2009 through 2013, as detailed in MIPPA. A link to the MIPPA legislation can be found in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below. For 2009 and 2010, the Secretary is authorized to provide successful electronic prescribers an incentive payment equal to 2.0% of the total estimated allowed charges submitted not later than 2 months after the end of the reporting period (January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009). More detailed information regarding eligible professionals may be found by clicking on the "Eligible Professionals" section page to the left. 2010 E-Prescribing Incentive Program Regulations CMS' proposals for the 2010 E-Prescribing Incentive Program, including the proposed criteria that CMS will use to determine what eligible professionals the e-prescribing incentive applies to and how "successful e-Prescriber" will be defined for 2010, can be found in section G5 of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule (74 FR 33593 through 33600). The 2010 PFS proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2009. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted until August 31, 2009. The entire 2010 PFS proposed rule, including instructions for submitting comments, is available in the "Downloads" section below. The 2010 E-Prescribing Incentive Program was finalized in the 2010 PFS final rule with comment period. The final regulation went on display at the Office of the Federal Register's Public Inspection Desk on October 30, 2009. To view the entire 2010 PFS final rule with comment period, see "2010 PFS Final Rule -- CMS-1413-FC" in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. 2009 E-Prescribing Incentive Program Regulations Detailed information about the criteria that CMS will use to determine what eligible professionals the e-prescribing incentive applies to and how "successful e-Prescriber" is defined for 2009 are described in section O2 of the final 2009 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule (73 FR 69847 through 69852) that was published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2008. To view the entire 2009 PFS final rule with comment period, click on the relevant link in the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below.
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