E-Prescribing

Measure description

At least one permissible prescription written by the MIPS eligible clinician is transmitted electronically using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (CEHRT).
Measure Exclusion: Any MIPS eligible clinician who writes fewer than 100 permissible prescriptions during the performance period.

Reporting requirements

Numerator

Number of prescriptions in the denominator generated and transmitted electronically using CEHRT.

Denominator

Number of prescriptions written for drugs requiring a prescription to be dispensed, other than controlled substances, during the performance period; or number of prescriptions written for drugs requiring a prescription to be dispensed during the performance period.

Exclusions

Any MIPS eligible clinician who writes fewer than 100 permissible prescriptions during the performance period.

Definition of terms and additional information

Prescription – The authorization by a MIPS eligible clinician to a pharmacist to dispense a drug that the pharmacist wouldn’t dispense to the patient without such authorization.

Permissible Prescriptions – All drugs meeting the current definition of a prescription as the authorization by a MIPS eligible clinician to dispense a drug that wouldn’t be dispensed without such authorization and may include electronic prescriptions of controlled substances where creation of an electronic prescription for the medication is feasible using CEHRT and where allowable by state and local law.