LeadingAge NY, Other Associations Call for Delay in E-prescribing Implementation

LeadingAge NY, along with 17 other associations, sent a letter to Acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, requesting a one year delay in implementation of the e-prescribing mandate that was enacted into law as part of I-STOP legislation. The letter also requested that nursing homes and assisted living providers be excluded from the requirements under this law for prescriptions furnished in these settings, as well as financial support for acquisition and deployment of EHR technology by nursing homes and assisted living facilities, which were not eligible for meaningful use incentives and most HEAL-NY technology funding. The mandate is set to take effect on March 27, 2015. We urge nursing home and assisted living providers to contact their lawmakers, urging them to delay the implementation of this mandate.

Contact: Elliott Frost, efrost@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8383