Rx Pads

TAMPER-RESISTANT PRESCRIPTION PADS FOR MEDICAID

Congress voted to delay by six months the requirements intended to reduce the prescription drug fraud in the Medicaid health program; the bill gives healthcare providers until April 1, 2008 to comply with “tamper-resistant” prescription pads!

Be ready now with Alpha’s tamper-resistant prescription pads!

Alpha’s Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads Meet Medicaid Requirements

CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) recently released guidance to State Medicaid agencies in regards to Federal legislation requiring use of tamper-resistant prescription pads. The law is intended to reduce occurrences of fraudulent and counterfeit prescriptions.

Effective April 1, 2008, a tamper-resistant Prescription Pad must contain at least one of the following:

*One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent unauthorized copying of a completed or blank prescription form:

• Alpha – Heat sensitive thermochromic ink on tamper-resistant Rx pads (Security ink disappears with; verifies original document)
• Alpha – void pantograph on tamper-resistant RX pads Security “void” pattern when copied; protects against duplication

*One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the erasure or modification of information written on the prescription by the prescriber.

• Alpha – chemical protection paper on tamper-resistant Rx pads Reveals chemical attempts to alter; protects against removal of information

*one or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the use of counterfeit prescription forms.

• Alpha – Micro Print on tamper-resistant Rx pads Security pattern of “original document” when magnified; verifies original document
• Alpha – Watermark on tamper-resist Rx pads Watermark on back verifies original document; protects against duplication Alpha’s tamper-resistant prescription pads contain ALL of the above required security features for Medicaid.

Call us today to get your tamper-resistant Rx pads.