Medicare Conference Approves E-prescribing

In their first full conference meeting since July, House and Senate negotiators yesterday approved a list of deals in Medicare reform legislation, including provisions for electronic prescriptions, Congress Daily reports. The Conference has yet to decide whether e-prescribing will be voluntary, as in the original Senate bill, or mandatory, as in the House version.

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