Saturday, September 18, 2010
West Virginia Medicaid Launches New Website
WEST VIRGINIA....
After nearly five years of work, the West Virginia Medicaid office launched its new ePrescribing website, WVeScript.com, Wednesday. The online system tracks a patient's prescription history, their eligibility for Medicaid and preferred medications or alterations to prescriptions. Officials with the state office have been working on the website since 2005 through a five-year Medicaid Transformation grant. Any Medicaid eligible physician, hospital and pharmacy is eligible to use the website, and about 500 providers have been contacted with an ePrescribe application. The state website is run through the Medicaid web portal, stipulating that only Medicaid eligible providers can use the system, until the grant ends March 31st. Once the grant ends, the system will belong to the state and can be expanded to include non-Medicaid providers.
After nearly five years of work, the West Virginia Medicaid office launched its new ePrescribing website, WVeScript.com, Wednesday. The online system tracks a patient's prescription history, their eligibility for Medicaid and preferred medications or alterations to prescriptions. Officials with the state office have been working on the website since 2005 through a five-year Medicaid Transformation grant. Any Medicaid eligible physician, hospital and pharmacy is eligible to use the website, and about 500 providers have been contacted with an ePrescribe application. The state website is run through the Medicaid web portal, stipulating that only Medicaid eligible providers can use the system, until the grant ends March 31st. Once the grant ends, the system will belong to the state and can be expanded to include non-Medicaid providers.
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