New DEA rule means changes to eRx

Healthcare IT News: A restrictive new rule change from the Drug Enforcement Administration, making it more difficult for physicians to prescribe opioids, will necessitate some changes to e-prescribing products and practices.

Proponents of the DEA's rescheduling of hydrocodone combination products, or HCPs, from schedule III to schedule II contend that the move will help to curtail the epidemic of drug diversion and drug overdose associated with controlled substances.

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