Anti Tampering Features
Regarding Medicaid printed prescriptions, CMS has recently clarified their definition of secure printing to enable EMRs to directly print a secure prescription without the need for expensive security paper. Of course, the easiest route to preventing prescription fraud and errors is to directly submit your prescriptions via electronic prescribing. The details of the CMS Guidelines can be found here.
Important: It is not legal in any state to send scheduled medications electronically. Scheduled medications must be printed out and signed.
Check your state pharmacy boards for regulations about faxing scheduled drugs.
Printing a Secure Rx from SOAPware
All 3 items are required in order for SOAPware to print secure prescriptions according to the rules.
1. Micro-printed Signature Line
2. Borders around the Quantity and Refill elements
3. Security features and descriptions listed on the prescription
Micro-printing simply means the printing of a defined text string in a font to small to be copied (when it's copied it's either unreadable or appears as a line). Technically, it's defined as a font that is .5 points in size or smaller and requires 5x magnification or greater to read. The potential gotcha with printing these is that your printer may not be able to accurately reproduce fonts that small. It's suggested you print an Rx and view it under magnification to ensure the micro-printing is visible.
Creating a "Secure" Rx Document Design
Design Types
Insert Rx's
Signature Line
Add Footer
Click Edit > PageHeader/Footer and then Click into the Footer area of the document.
Enter the text " Security Features: ** surrounds both the Quantity and Refill numbers, the signature line is micro-printed with "THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PRESCRIPTION" and is viewable under 5x or > magnification.
Then, save the document design by clicking File > Save.
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