NCPDP Experienced a Ransomware Attack on Sunday Sept 27, 2020
 
Notice from NCPDP

“NCPDP experienced a ransomware attack over the weekend on Sunday, September 27, 2020; similar to other attacks that happened to healthcare systems over the weekend of September 26-27, 2020.  We are in the process of assessing the extent of the breach but have confirmed it has impacted our servers, internal workstations, laptops, print services, active directory accounts, and applications. 

The good news is the attack did not impact Office 365 emails, NCPDP Website, MyNCPDP Member Portal, NCPDP Collaborative Workspace or Data Products (i.e. dataQ, HCIdea, resQ, Table Data or RxReconn).”

ADL Data Systems did not experience a ransomware attack.

ADL Receives Omnicare Certification for New NCPDP Rx Scripts Format

ADL passed Omnicare certification test for the latest release of Scripts NCPDP Electronic Prescribing Standards format. Omnicare Clients will be transitioned to the new format beginning next week.

NCPDP SCRIPT Standard: The NCPDP SCRIPT Standard was first published in 1997 and has been updated at least annually based on the business needs identified by the industry. SCRIPT is a standard created to facilitate the transfer of prescription data between pharmacies, prescribers, intermediaries, facilities, and payers. Detailed description at:

//www.ncpdp.org/NCPDP/media/pdf/NCPDPEprescribing101.pdf

CMS Releases a New PDPM Grouper

ADL has passed Quest Diagnostics certification for Bi-Directional HL7 Transmissions for Laboratory Orders and Results.

Now nursing homes using Quest Laboratories can submit Lab Orders and results the Results electronically. The system supports recurring orders and the results are returned in both PDF and data formats.

The Order Entry (ORM) HL7 message is a commonly used message type. ORM messages contain information about an order that includes placing new orders, canceling existing orders, discontinuation, holding, etc. Orders pertain to either materials (e.g., 1 liter of 0.9% saline) or services (e.g., a blood panel, etc.)

Quest Diagnostics is an American clinical laboratory. A Fortune 500 company, Quest operates in the United States including Puerto Rico. For more information:

//www.questdiagnostics.com/home/physicians/

ADL is releasing a Patient-Family Portal to provide residents and families with secured access to portions of a resident’s EMR (medical record). Each Resident receives an account that can be access by a Family or authorized representatives. Once logged in the user has easy and convenient access to the resident’s personal Dashboard that displays their Active health conditions orders, assessments and treatment plans.

The functions can be accessed remotely using a industry standard browser. to the resident’s dashboard. Provide this service without compromising access to the facility’s operational data.

Contact ADL for more information.