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How is electronic prescribing viewed by the Medicare requirement to submit prescriptions using serialized/tamper-proof prescription forms?

On October 1, 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted a regulatory change requiring that all written Medicaid prescriptions be on a tamper-resistant blank. Electronic prescriptions are exempt from this requirement.

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