Deadline now April 1 for tamper-resistant prescription pads

Washington, DC-The deadline requiring physicians to use tamper-resistant prescription pads for the non-electronic prescriptions they write for patients receiving Medicaid assistance for outpatient care has been extended for 6 months, to April 1.

Congress passed the bill authorizing the change by Sept. 27, and the president signed it Sept. 29. The mandate originally was to go into effect Oct. 1.