Allows Pharmacy Benefit Payers to Communicate Formulary and Benefit Information to Prescriber Systems

Type	Standard / Implementation Specification	Standards Process Maturity	Implementation Maturity	Adoption Level	Federally required	Cost	Test Tool Availability
Implementation Specification	NCPDP Formulary and Benefit Standard Version 3.0	Final	Production		Yes	$	No
Implementation Specification	NCPDP Formulary and Benefit Standard, Implementation Guide, Version 53	Final	Feedback requested	Feedback Requested	No	$	No
Implementation Specification	NCPDP Real Time Prescription Benefit Standard	Final	Production		No	$	No

Limitations, Dependencies, and Preconditions for Consideration	Applicable Security Patterns for Consideration
	Secure Communication – create a secure channel for client-to- serve and server-to-server communication. Secure Message Router – securely route and enforce policy on inbound and outbound messages without interruption of delivery. Authentication Enforcer – centralized authentication processes. Authorization Enforcer – specifies access control policies. Credential Tokenizer – encapsulate credentials as a security token for reuse (e.g., – SAML, Kerberos). Assertion Builder – define processing logic for identity, authorization and attribute statements. User Role – identifies the role asserted by the individual initiating the transaction. Purpose of Use - Identifies the purpose for the transaction.

Limitations, Dependencies, and Preconditions for Consideration

Applicable Security Patterns for Consideration

Secure Communication – create a secure channel for client-to- serve and server-to-server communication.
Secure Message Router – securely route and enforce policy on inbound and outbound messages without interruption of delivery.
Authentication Enforcer – centralized authentication processes.
Authorization Enforcer – specifies access control policies.
Credential Tokenizer – encapsulate credentials as a security token for reuse (e.g., – SAML, Kerberos).
Assertion Builder – define processing logic for identity, authorization and attribute statements.
User Role – identifies the role asserted by the individual initiating the transaction.
Purpose of Use - Identifies the purpose for the transaction.

Comment

Submitted by [email protected] on 2021-09-29

For NCPDP Real-Time Prescriptions Benefit Standard, add “Version 12” to the Standard/Implementation Specification title.