- Lawmakers aim to move ‘very quickly’ to pass bill mandating electronic prior authorization for MA plans (fiercehealthcare.com)
Lawmakers behind the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act...not only requires electronic prior authorization for MA plans, but also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create a process for faster decisions on items and services that commonly get approved...While the bill only applies to MA plans, lawmakers hope to eventually tackle more types of insurance such as commercial plans...READ MORE
- Allscripts, CoverMyMeds partner (healthcareitnews.com)
EHR vendor Allscripts and CoverMyMeds have partnered to help patients receive their prescriptions faster…aims to increase the number of health plans available for Allscripts eAuth software clients… enables providers to authorize prescriptions electronically…Performing prior authorization electronically within EHR workflow helps improve efficiencies and reduce costs throughout the prior authorization process…
- The Current State of Electronic Prior Authorization in the US (ajmc.com)National adoption Scorecard Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA) (epascorecard.covermymeds.com)
A majority of pharmacies have publicly announced that they are committed to implementing an electronic prior authorization solution that sends prior authorization requests electronically to the prescriber…70% of EHR systems…are committed to ePA. Eighty-seven percent of payers…are committed to ePA…CVS/pharmacy is the last major chain not yet committed to an ePA…many independent pharmacies have access to ePA functionality through pharmacy systems, most of which have live, integrated ePA capabilities…Prior authorization legislation has been considered, and in some states is in effect…Currently, 23 states have passed legislation pertaining to PA, and 4 additional states have pending legislation. The legislation seeks to make the PA submission process faster and easier for providers to prevent the delay of patient treatment…there is no federal direction on PA, so each state is on its own with respect to creating and enacting PA legislation...
- NACDS TSE (National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Total Store Expose): Hot Rx technology (drugstorenews.com)
- Samsung LabGeo PT10 - private patient kiosks...with a new point-of-care lab technology
- Higi Kiosks - cloud-based interactive..for health-and-wellness tracking, data sharing..patient education
- RxASP 1000 - prescription packaging system… accommodate up to 1,000 RFID canisters
- CoBot - new robotic technology…PharmASSIST CoBot…ease workflow and perform "mindless repetitive tasks"
- Surescripts optimizes tech, expands applications - new capabilities is an electronic prior-authorization feature that allows prescribing physicians to check any patient’s insurance eligibility for any prescription automatically, at the touch of a screen, before sending that prescription to Surescripts’ routing network