1. John Klimek R.Ph. Senior Vice President Standards and Industry IT openMedicine project/FDA Workshop Copyright © 2014, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc., All Rights Reserved

2. What is NCPDP

3. NCPDP Membership Individual memberships 1 member, 1 vote Producer/Provider: Client service oriented sector 29% of Membership Pharmacies Pharmacists Pharmaceutical manufacturers Payer/Processor: Financial-oriented sector 38% of Membership HMOs PBMs Government payers Health plans Vendor/General Interest: Link between Producer/Provider and Payer/Processor 33% of Membership Drug Database Co. Drug wholesalers Consultants Clinical programs Software and hardware vendors Copyright © 2014, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Diversity and representation Important for consensus building

4. Create Interoperable Industry Standards ANSI-accredited SDO Proven consensus process Obligation to being non-biased Earned credibility Standards improve efficiency, costs, and effectiveness for patients and caregivers Copyright © 2014, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

5. NCPDP Process Task Groups: Member and non-member participation in Task Groups Work Groups: Members-only voting in Work Groups Stakeholder Action Groups: Member and non-member participation Copyright © 2014, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc., All Rights Reserved

6. How NCPDP Standards Are Involved in the Healthcare Process

7. Copyright © 2014, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc., All Rights Reserved

8. ePrescribing Core requirement for meaningful use (MU) Speeds patient access to needed medication, improves adherence Optimizes patient care, improves workflow and coordination of care, reduces administrative costs Gateway for patient engagement Focus on driving adoption and implementation of full functionality in ePrescribing standards Copyright © 2014, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

10. SCRIPT Standard Exchange between prescribers, pharmacies, intermediaries, payers New prescription request Change of new prescription Cancel of prescription Refill/renewals request/response or Resupply in long term care Fill Status notification Medication history exchange Drug Administration exchange in long term care Prescriber-reported samples for more robust medication history Query functions for new prescriptions NCPDP Standards Used in Electronic Prescribing

12. Thank you! John Klimek R.Ph. SVP, Standards and Industry IT, NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Email: jklimek@ncpdp.org LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jklimekncpdphttp://www.linkedin.com/in/jklimekncpdp Twitter: @johnklimek Office: 480-477-1000 ext. 138 Copyright © 2016, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc. (NCPDP). All Rights Reserved. Permission to distribute this work requires written permission from NCPDP.