Free E-Prescribing Service Now Available to San Antonio Physicians
Availity, LLC and Humana Inc recently announced the deployment of CarePrescribe,
a Medicare-qualified e-prescribing service, at no charge to eligible
physician practices in San Antonio. Following the successful introduction
of Availity CarePrescribe in Florida last year, physicians in San Antonio
will now have access to the free service as a way to improve prescribing
efficiency and safety while reducing patient costs and receiving the
benefits of the Medicare E-Prescribing Incentive Program.
Designed to ensure greater patient safety, savings, and convenience,
Availity CarePrescribe will enable San Antonio-area physicians to view
information that will help them select the most clinically appropriate
and cost-effective medications and then transmit prescriptions electronically
to patients’ retail or mail-order pharmacies of choice. The service
also offers physicians real-time access to patients’ medication
history, drug and allergy interaction checks, and benefit eligibility,
formulary, and copayment information.
CarePrescribe is a Medicare-qualified e-prescribing service, meaning
physicians prescribing electronically via means such as CarePrescribe
will receive incentives from the federal Medicare program through 2013.
For eligible San Antonio prescribers, the CarePrescribe service will
include a portable handheld device that is custom installed and configured
to work with the practice’s patient scheduling system. The portable
handheld devices work in tandem with a desktop e-prescribing solution,
already available to all practices in Texas currently using the Availity
Web portal. Deployment of the handheld device throughout Texas is planned
for 2009.
The CarePrescribe technology is powered by Prematics, a care-communication
company serving the health plan industry. Prematics will provide all
installation, training, and ongoing support on behalf of Humana and
Availity at no charge to eligible practices.
For more information on CarePrescribe, visit www.availity.com/services_careprescribe.html.
Source: Humana Inc
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