E-Prescribing is NOW! Must submit 10 in conjunction with an office visit before June 30, 2011! 2012 Penalties are based on E-Prescribing between now and June 30 You may be aware that Congress determined that those not using e-prescribing systems for Medicare patients will be penalized beginning in 2012. But did you know that practitioners - not just physicians - who do not generate and transmit at least 10 prescriptions electronically in conjunction with an office visit by June 30, 2011 will experience a 1% reduction in their Medicare payments for all of 2012. This will have a potentially significant impact on cardiovascular specialists. Make sure you get your 10 e-prescriptions into the system! And,again, they have to be submitted simultaneously with an office visit. Not with a phone call. Not at the end of the day. With an office visit! If you have any questions, contact Lisa Goldstein at ACC by emailing her at lgoldstein@acc.org. Wes Robert C. Wesley, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C. President Nevada Chapter, American College of Cardiology