The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce the posting of 2012 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program educational products to the eRx web page at http://www.cms.gov/ERxIncentive on the CMS website.  

·         2012 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program Measure Specifications and Release Notes – provides guidance on the 2012 eRx measure specifications for claims or registry-based reporting and release notes describing changes from the 2011 eRx Measure Specifications.

·         Claims-Based Reporting Principles for the 2012  Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program – provides guidance on the principles for reporting the eRx measure on claims for the 2011 eRx Incentive Program.

·         2012 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program CMS-1500 Claim Example – a detailed sample of an individual NPI reporting the eRx measure on a CMS-1500 form

·         2012 Electronic Health Record (EHR) Measure Specifications for Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program and Release Notes – provides guidance on the 2012 EHR measure specifications for eRx and release notes. In addition, the specifications contain a detailed description of data element names and codes.

·         2012 Electronic Health Record (EHR) Downloadable Resource Table and Release Notes – an Excel spreadsheet and release notes listing 2012 EHR information.

·         2012 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program GPRO Measure Specifications and Release Notes – provides guidance on the specifications for the eRx measure for use in 2012 eRx GPRO and release notes.

To access the 2012 eRx Incentive Program educational products, visit the Spotlight section on the eRx Incentive Program webpage at http://www.cms.gov/ERxIncentive/02_Spotlight.asp on the CMS website to view the listing of educational products and their corresponding section pages.

Further information on the 2012 eRx Incentive Program may be found in the final 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule that was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2011.  The final rule can be found on the Statute/Regulations/Program Instructions section page at http://www.cms.gov/ERxIncentive/04_Statute_Regulations_Program_Instructions.asp  on the CMS website.