E-prescribers see Medicare bonus, but late adopters will face pay cut

By David Glendinning, AMNews staff. Aug. 4, 2008.

Meanwhile, the government proposes new rules that would lift the ban on e-prescribing of controlled substances.

Under the Medicare payment bill that became law in July, doctors who prescribe electronically for Part D patients in 2009 will get an incentive payment equal to 2% of all the Medicare services they provide for the year. This bonus will phase down over five years and disappear at the beginning of 2014.