# Medicare Program; E-Prescribing and the Prescription Drug Program
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2005-11-07 · Effective 2006-01-01 · 70 FR 67568
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-22026
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 67568
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 423
- **Publication date:** 2005-11-07
- **Effective date:** 2006-01-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-0011-F
## Abstract

This final rule adopts standards for an electronic prescription drug program under Title I of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). These standards will be the foundation standards or the first set of final uniform standards for an electronic prescription drug program under the MMA, and represent the first step in our incremental approach to adopting final foundation standards that are consistent with the MMA objectives of patient safety, quality of care, and efficiencies and cost savings in the delivery of care.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/11/07/05-22026/medicare-program-e-prescribing-and-the-prescription-drug-program)
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