0938-AT52 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Administrative Simplification: Update of Retail Pharmacy Standards (CMS-0055-IFC)

This interim final rule with comment would modify the Retail Pharmacy Administrative Simplification standards to utilize verison D.0.V.201211. Among other updates, this will allow for proper recordkeeping when less than the full amount of a prescription for controlled substances is distributed by the pharmacy. This enhancement is critical for retail pharmacy in light of the Opioid Crisis. 

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No Undetermined Other 45 CFR 162 42 U.S.C. 1320d-1 to 1320d-4 No Interim Final Rule 10/00/2018 Undetermined Businesses Governmental Jurisdictions Federal State Undetermined No No Geanelle Herring Technical Advisor 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-4466 geanelle.herring@cms.hhs.gov Office of Healthcare Experience and Interoperability, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244