{"id":6988,"date":"2013-05-22T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:50:46","slug":"june-deadline-for-2014-eprescription-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/june-deadline-for-2014-eprescription-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Approaches for 2014 ePrescription Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electronic prescribers take note: A major deadline is approaching. Individual eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices participating in the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) must successfully report as an electronic prescriber<\/a> before June 30, 2013<\/strong>, in order to avoid a 2014 payment adjustment for professional services covered under Medicare Part B’s Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).<\/p>\n

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a reminder on May 7, emphasizing that the 2013 ePrescription Incentive Program<\/a> 6-month reporting period (Jan. 1, 2013, to June 30, 2013) is the final reporting period available to e-prescribers seeking to prevent the 2014 eRx payment adjustment.<\/p>\n

“If you do not successfully report, a payment adjustment of 2 percent<\/strong> will be applied, and you will receive only 98 percent of your Medicare Part B PFS amount for covered services in 2014,” the CMS notice stated.<\/p>\n

CMS said individual EPs and eRx GPRO participants who were not successful e-prescribers in 2012 can avoid 2014 eRx payment adjustment by meeting specified reporting requirements within the Jan. 1 \u2013 June 30, 2013 window. The 6-month reporting requirements are as follows:<\/p>\n