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Insurer wants to write off prescription pads

(JB Reed/ Bloomberg News/ File 2008)
October 28, 2008

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest health insurer, will require doctors to adopt computer prescription systems by 2011 if they want to qualify for bonus payments. The change will come a year ahead of a similar requirement by the federal government for doctors who treat patients under Medicare. (Full article: 240 words)

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