Avoiding e-prescription fine payment from Medicare

Do you want to avoid the 1% Medicare Part B payment adjustment on claims in 2012?

*  Send at least 10 e-prescriptions for Medicare Part B patient visits which include one of the e-prescribing denominator codes*

AND

*  Send your 10 claims to Medicare Part B with the denominator code* and code G8553 before 6/30/2011
OR

* Send one (1) claim to Medicare Part B with the denominator code and one of the Hardship codes before 6/30/2011


G8642: The eligible professional practices in a rural area without sufficient high speed internet access and requests a hardship exemption from the application of the payment adjustment under section 1848(a)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act

G8643: The eligible professional practices in an area without sufficient available pharmacies for electronic prescribing and requests a hardship exemption from the application of the payment adjustment under section 1848(a)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act

G8644: the eligible professional does not have prescribing privileges