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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AN49 Publication ID: Fall 2004 
Title: ●Medicare Modernization Act; Electronic Prescribing (CMS-0011-P) 
Abstract: This rule proposes to enable transmission of basic prescription data to and from doctors and pharmacies, and to adopt a number of the initial standards required for electronic prescribing by section 1860(d) of the Medicare Modernization Act. (The proposed and subsequent final rule must be published by September 1, 2005, in order for the e-prescribing provisions to be in effect in advance of the beginning of the part D benefit and e-prescribing pilot projects in January 2006.) 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1395   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Required e-prescribing before outset of January 2006 Medicare part D drug benefit.  09/00/2005 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/00/2004    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Gladys Wheeler
Health Insurance Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-0273
Email: gladys.wheeler@cms.hhs.gov