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History
Legal Potpourri
Watergate
100

What is the group 9 Surescripts chiefs is commonly known as?

Executive Team

100

What was Surescripts first product?

e-Prescribing

100

In what year was Surescripts founded?

2001

100

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

100

Which president was implicated in the Watergate scandal?

President Richard Nixon

200

Who is the longest serving member of the Legal department?

Ken Whittemore

200

What product allows physicians to determine where else the patient has been seen?

Record Locator & Exchange

200
In 2008, which company did Surescripts merge with?

RxHub

200

Which state implemented the first smoking ban in the United States covering most public places?

California

200

What pseudonym was given to the secret informant who provided information in 1972 to Bob Woodward, who shared it with Carl Bernstein. 

Deep Throat 

300

Who is the newest member of the Offsite Planning committee?

Denise Baker

300

Clinical nature, logistics, and cost are factors that this product addresses.

Specialty Medications

Includes Specialty Patient Enrollment and Specialty Medications Gateway

300

Prior to the 2008 merge, what was the name of Surescripts?

Surescripts Systems

300

Who was the first lawyer-president to argue a U.S. Supreme Court case both before and after his presidency?

John Quincy Adams

300

What is the name of the dessert that is a combination of pistachio pudding mix, canned pineapple, whipped topping, and chopped nuts?

Watergate Salad

400

Excluding Eric Brown, who manages the largest team within the Legal Department?

Julie Correll - 14

Nia Jenkins - 8

400

What products are considered "free" from our customers perspective?

Medication History for Ambulatory

Eligibility

* Eligibility is paid by the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) and not by the customer

* Formulary is not a monetized product

*Directory is not a monetized product

400

Which Surescripts owner was founded in 1898?

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)

Represents 19,400 pharmacies and employing more than 215,000 individuals nationwide. Independent pharmacy is a $67.1 billion marketplace.

400

What and when was the first federal food and drug act passed by Congress?

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

400

Who filed the first Washington Post story regarding Watergate?

Alfred Lewis - The first Washington Post story was filed by veteran police reporter Alfred E. Lewis on June 18, 1972. The first Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward report came on June 19, 1972.

500

How many CEOs have served at Surescripts? Name them.

Frank Harvey (2022 - present)

Tom Skelton (2014-2022)

Paul Uhrig - interim (2014-2014)

Harry Totonis (2009-2014)

Rick Ratliff - interim (2008-2009)

Kevin Hutchinson (2002-2008)

David Weinstein (2002-2002) - 2 months

500

What are the 3 use case actions pharmacies must adhere to when receiving Surescripts Real Time Pharmacy Prescription Benefit (RTPB) data?

1. Contract with a licensed pharmacy

2. Pharmacy data request must be performed in conjunction with a treatment

3. Pharmacy receiving data incorporates this data to become part of the patient's medical record

500

What law help propel the demand for e-prescribing?

The 2009 The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act 

Set aside $17 billion for incentive payments to providers who implement a qualifying EHR under either Medicare or Medicaid

500

Who was the first private health insurance system in the United States?

Blue Cross (1929)

500

What prompted Frank Wills, security guard on duty, to notify the police?

Tape - the burglars used tape to hold open the latches on door locks at the DNC offices.