CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) released guidance to State Medicaid agencies in regards to Federal legislation requiring use of tamper-resistant prescription pads.  The law is intended to reduce occurrences of fraudulent and counterfeit prescriptions. 

Effective April 1, 2008, a tamper-resistant Prescription Pad must contain at least one required security feature. After October 1, 2008, written prescriptions must meet security feature requirements within each category.

* one or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent unauthorized copying of a completed or blank prescription form:

Wilmer - Heat sensitive thermochromic ink on tamper-resistant Rx pads

Security ink disappears with heat; verifies original document

Wilmer - void pantograph on tamper-resistant Rx pads  

Security "void" pattern when copied; protects against duplication.

*  one or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the erasure or modification of information written on the prescription by the prescriber.

Wilmer - chemical protection paper on tamper-resistant Rx pads

Reveals chemical attempts to alter; protects against removal of information

*   one or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the use of counterfeit prescription forms.

Wilmer - Micro Print on tamper-resistant Rx pads

Security pattern of "original document" when magnified; verifies original document

Wilmer - Watermark on tamper-resistant Rx pads

Watermark on back verifies original document; protects against duplication

Wilmer's tamper-resistant prescription pads contain ALL of the above required security features for Medicaid.

To find out more about Wilmer Prescription Pads, contact customer service at 1-800-494-5637, Ext. 5.