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Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program - Electronic Prescribing Measure

Guidance for information about the eRx measure, including its specifications and related release notes for individual eligible professionals to use to report the eRx measure through claims (or beginning with the 2010 eRx Incentive Program, registry-based reporting).

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

Issue Date: February 11, 2020

This page contains information about the eRx measure, including its specifications and related release notes for individual eligible professionals to use to report the eRx measure through claims (or beginning with the 2010 eRx Incentive Program, registry-based reporting).

Note: The eRx measure specifications for the current program year may be different from the eRx measure specifications for a prior year. Eligible professionals are responsible for ensuring that they are using the eRx measure specification documents for the correct program year.

2013 eRx Incentive Program

2013 eRx Measure Specifications, Release Notes, and Claims-Based Reporting Principles for eRx Incentive Program

This zip file, which is found in the "Related Links" section below contains the three authoritative documents 1) 2013 eRx Incentive Program Measure Specification, 2) 2013 eRx Incentive Program Measure Specification Release Notes, and 3) 2013 eRx Claims-Based Reporting Principles.

2013 eRx CMS-1500 Claim Example

A detailed sample of an Individual NPI reporting the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) measure on a CMS-1500 claims is shown in the document titled "2013 eRx CMS-1500 Claim Example" in the "Downloads" section below.

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