August 13, 2008
CMS Seeks Cosponsors for Educational Conference on E-Prescribing Incentive Payment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a conference to educate physicians and other stakeholders about a newly enacted federal program of incentive payments to encourage the use of electronic prescribing.
CMS is requesting interested public and private sector organizations to join the agency as cosponsors of the conference, which will be held Oct. 6–7, 2008, in Boston.
CMS will invite selected organizations that meet the evaluation criteria to enter into formal, nonfiduciary cosponsor agreements to consult on the conference program content, speaker selection, and outreach strategies, in addition to other tasks as described in individual cosponsor agreements. Potential cosponsors must understand that cosponsor agreements will clearly indicate that there will be no federal endorsement of the cosponsor or endorsement of any policies, activities, products, or services resulting from cosponsorship of the conference.
Deadlines for cosponsor proposals must be received no later than August 15, 2008. Proposals must be sent electronically to the following: e.prescribing@cms.hhs.gov
To read the entire CMS press release issued today, August 8, 2008 click here: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/press.asp
