Come July 1, prescriptions will be printed on tamper-resistant paper with Mission Impossible-like ink that changes color when rubbed with a finger. They also will have a teal green state seal ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Printing Services introduced a new type of tamper-proof prescription paper last week, designed to reduce fraudulent prescriptions and ensure accuracy. This ...

The law requires all prescriptions for Medicaid recipients to be written on tamper-resistant paper. That amounts to some 330 million prescriptions, or 11 percent of all prescriptions, dispensed in ...

The state has added another element to picking up a prescription, with a new version of tamper-resistant prescription paper going into effect today. The new pads are designed to cut down on fraud by.

A tamper-proof paper prescription must be provided for these medications. More than 3.6 billion Schedule II prescriptions were written in 2005. The Medicaid program can’t change the ban on ...

From tamper-proof paper to a state-wide electronic monitoring system, Massachusetts officials have put up a slew of measure meant to keep addicts and dealers from faking prescriptions and getting ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. The way prescriptions are written is about to change. In line with efforts by the Bush Administration to curb drug abuse and Medicaid fraud, pharmacies and physicians have less ...

Prescription cheaters beware. As of April 1, all Medicaid prescriptions must be written on tamper-resistant pads. The move could save taxpayers up to $355 million in the next decade, according to ...

Anderson asked for immediate action to delay the required use of tamper-resistant paper for all Medicaid prescriptions as part of the upcoming “continuing resolution” or any other legislation ...

The tamper-resistant pads often contain a chemical ... They also want to know what will happen when customers show up with prescriptions on regular paper. Wilson is worried that some pharmacies ...

Further, “Requiring tamper-proof paper in this age of electronic ... In other words, prescriptions printed on plain paper will not be able to meet all three baseline characteristics outlined ...