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Pilot Testing of Initial Electronic Prescribing Standards – Cooperative Agreements Required Under Section 1860D-(4) (e) of the Social Security Act as Amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Action (MMA) of 2003

Guidance for results of HHS selected pilot sites to test initial e-prescribing standards. The pilot sites were set up to test the initial standards themselves (to ensure that they communicated the intended information in a clear and unambiguous manner) as well as how the initial standards would interact with each other and the foundation standards.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: January 01, 2007

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