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Medicaid Prescription Requirement

President Bush signed H.R. 3668, which includes a provision for delaying implementation of the requirement that all written Medicaid/Medicare prescriptions be on tamper-resistant prescription pads. The bill, effective October 1, 2007, delays implementation of this new requirement to April 1, 2008. Therefore, by April 1, 2008, all written Medicaid/Medicare prescriptions must have at least one of the tamper-resistant features detailed in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement (linked below), and all three of the required tamper-resistant features by October 1, 2008.

The following links provide the original CMS announcement, as well as some additional information regarding this new tamper-resistant prescription requirement for all written Medicaid/Medicare prescriptions:

Tamper-Resistant Prescription Form Requirements for Medicaid and Medi-Cal (PDF)
CMS Announcement Dated August 17, 2007 (PDF)
FAQs Concerning the Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pad Law (PDF)
Matrix of Prescription Types and Required Prescription Forms for Medicaid/Medi-Cal (PDF)