Patients who get written prescriptions will see changes this summer aimed at curbing fraud. Come July 1, prescriptions will be printed on tamper-resistant paper with Mission Impossible-like ink ...

This initiative comes just in time as Medicare and Medicaid will require all prescriptions to be written on tamper-proof paper beginning October 1. August 13, 2007 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of ...

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 ...

Despite a six-month extension to comply with a new tamper-resistant Medicaid prescription law, the health care industry is anticipating ripples when the law takes effect in April.

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 case in point is the recent Medicaid requirement for “tamper-proof” prescriptions. ... This is fine for those who are still hand writing prescriptions (all you need are special paper pads) ...

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 ...

The tamper-resistant pads often contain a chemical that reveals when efforts have been made to alter the paper. For example, the heat from a copier may cause the word void to appear.

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 ...

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 ...

A looming debacle appears to have been averted involving a Medicaid mandate requiring the use of tamper-proof paper in printing prescriptions with electronic prescribing systems. A physician ...

A group of physician informaticists has called for the federal government to halt the scheduled implementation of a new law that would require physicians to use tamper-proof paper when writing ...