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Netsmart Technologies Web Seminar Helps Behavioral Health Organizations Understand Electronic Prescribing and the Importance of New Medicare-Related E-Prescribing Legislation

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 General News
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GREAT RIVER, N.Y., July 15 Netsmart Technologies, Inc., aleading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and humanservices organizations, today announced dates for a special Web seminar tohelp behavioral health organizations understand electronic prescribing and thenew Medicare bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senatethat provides financial incentives to physicians that use e-prescribingtechnology.
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The bill includes a two percent incentive for physicians who useelectronic prescribing starting in 2009 and a two percent pay cut forMedicare-participating physicians who do not adopt e-prescribing by 2012. Theelectronic prescribing measures are part of H.R. 6331, the MedicareImprovements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. The bill is considered"veto-proof" because of its margin of passage, and has been sent to thePresident for his signature.
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The Netsmart Web seminar will focus on helping organizations understandhow e-prescribing works and to achieve the benefits of e-prescribing. The Webseminar will be offered at several times:

Netsmart's InfoScriber e-prescribing solution will help behavioral healthclinical staff achieve the e-prescribing-related benefits associated with H.R.6331 and take advantage of the new incentives. InfoScriber is a secure,Web-based prescribing and medication management system developed for theunique requirements of behavioral health providers. InfoScriber checks druginteractions automatically at the time of prescribing and then routes theprescription electronically to the pharmacy of choice via the Pharmacy HealthInformation Exchange operated by SureScripts.

InfoScriber can be used as a stand-alone application or linked with anorganization's existing clinical systems to securely share demographic andmedication information. InfoScriber is also integrated with Netsmart's Avatar,CMHC/MIS and Helper behavioral health practice management solutions to providee-prescribing capabilities for users of those solutions. In addition to itse-prescribing functions, InfoScriber features a variety of medicationmanagement functions, including reporting capabilities that help reducepolypharmacy and medication interaction risks.

"We are in a unique position to help providers take advantage of these newMedicare incentives because we provide the only e-prescribing solution in themarket specifically designed for behavioral health," said James L. Conway,chief executive officer, Netsmart Technologies. "If an organization orpractice is not using e-prescribing now, they must look at this bill as thecatalyst to start prescribing electronically and realize the benefits to theirconsumers of reducing the possibility of medication errors and the opportunityto improve quality of care."

To register for the Netsmart e-prescribing Web seminar or to learn more,visit www.ntst.com/e-prescribing or call 1-800-421-7503.

Note: Listen to a podcast(http://prwebpodcast.com/releases/pod1105664.htm) about this legislation ande-prescribing with Chuck Klein, Ph.D., Netsmart's director of ClinicalServices and InfoScriber Operations.

About Netsmart Technologies, Inc.

Netsmart Technologies is an established, leading supplier ofenterprise-wide software solutions for health and human services providers.More than 18,000 customer organizations, including 350,000 care providers andnearly 40 state systems, use Netsmart products to help improve the quality oflife for millions of people each year.

Netsmart's customers include mental health and substance abuse treatmentagencies, psychiatric hospitals, private and group mental health practices,public health departments, vital records offices and managed careorganizations. Netsmart's products are full-featured information systems thatoperate on a variety of operating systems, hardware platforms, and mobiledevices, and offer u
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