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Washington — Doctors who want to go paperless when ordering drugs for their Medicare patients now have a set of federal standards on how to do it. Those who are prescribing electronically already have a year in which to become compliant with the rules.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on April 2 released final e-prescribing regulations for Medicare Part D. Under the rules, physicians and pharmacies will not be required to use electronic prescriptions but must follow the new standards if they do.

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Hoping to encourage more students to call for help when they or friends get in trouble with alcohol, the University of Texas is promising not to punish callers or victims even if they are underage, Fox News reported Jan. 15.

“Students are going to drink, and especially students who are not seasoned drinkers are going to put themselves at risk, so my belief is that it removes one barrier to saving a life,” said Chuck Roper, head of the school’s alcohol and drug education program.

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