Physicians get partial reprieve on CMS e-prescribing penalties

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Doctors who failed to do a minimum amount of electronic prescribing in the first half of 2011 will lose 1 percent of their Medicare reimbursement in 2012 if they do not qualify for an exemption. Under new proposed regulations on physician payments issued July 1, however, those docs will have a second chance to avoid penalties in 2013 and 2014, FierceHealthIT reports. Article

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