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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AU19 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Administrative Simplification: Modifications to NCPDP Retail Pharmacy Standards (CMS-0056) 
Abstract:

The final rule requires pharmacies and vendors to modify the currently adopted National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) standards to the Telecommunications Standard Implementation Guide Version F6 (F6); Batch Standard Implementation Guide version 15; and Batch Standard Subrogation Implementation Guide version 10.  

 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 45 CFR 162   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320d to 1320d-9   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/09/2022  87 FR 67634   
NPRM Comment Period End  01/09/2023 
Final Action  12/13/2024  89 FR 100763   
2nd Final Action--Delay in Effective Date  02/11/2025  90 FR 9289   
Final Action Effective  04/14/2025 
Interim Final Rule  07/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Geanelle Herring
Technical Advisor
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Office of Healthcare Experience and Interoperability, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-4466
Email: geanelle.herring@cms.hhs.gov