State Specific Identifiers for EPCS
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state specific identifiers for epcs customers are responsible to meet all applicable laws and requirements, including, but not limited to, local and state laws and regulations in which the customer’s application is deployed and used this section gives guidance where the states have redefined how the state license number fields are used specifically for epcs identifier for midlevel practitioners some states require midlevel practitioners (i e , advance practice registered nurses (aprns), physicians assistants (pas), etc ) with prescriptive authority to include their prescriptive authority identification number in all prescriptions they create in addition to their prescription authorization number, midlevel practitioners are required to also include their dea number and may be required to include the dea number of the supervising prescriber on all prescriptions for controlled substances when sent, the midlevel practitioner’s information should be placed in the message in the prescriber loop and the supervising physician's dea number should be placed in the supervisor loop e prescribing vendors should populate the prescriber state license number field with the prescription authorization number on all prescriptions (for both non controlled and controlled substances) prescriber loop statelicensenumber in the identification element in the prescriber section for aprns, the letters "aprn" should always appear first in the field followed by the actual number example aprn123456789 deanumber in the identification element in the prescriber section supervisor loop deanumber in the identification element in the supervisor section it is recommended to automate the inclusion of the supervisor information in e prescriptions written by mid level practitioners to avoid the need to include it manually many states require the supervisor to be included for all prescriptions and it may cause delays or rejections in the prescription fulfillment if not included also pharmacies may be at risk if such information is identified as missing on prescriptions during payer audits, because the payment for such prescriptions may be challenged or reversed