surescripts

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Company Name

Surescripts

Product URL

https://surescripts.com/what-we-do

Company URL

https://surescripts.com/

Categories

Summary

Surescripts operates a nationwide health information network that enables electronic prescribing, medication history, clinical messaging, and interoperability services to improve medication safety and care coordination.

Description

Surescripts provides a secure, standards-based network connecting prescribers, pharmacies, PBMs, payers, EHRs and health systems to deliver e-prescribing, medication history and reconciliation, prior authorization routing, clinical interoperability and prescribing intelligence at scale across the U.S.

Api Available

yes

Certifications

Company Founding

2001

Company Offices

Compliance

Customers

Data Residency

Primarily US-based hosting / US network services

Data Standards

Deployment Model

Features

Id

P1590

Integration Partners

Integrations

Languages Supported

Last Updated

2025-09-07

License

commercial/proprietary

Links

Market Segment

Optional Modules

Os Platforms

Pricing Details

Commercial/enterprise pricing; contact vendor for licensing, implementation and volume-based fees; no public list prices.

Pricing Model

enterprise_quote

Privacy Features

Ratings

Regions Available

Release Year

2001

Security Features

Specialties

Support Channels

System Requirements

Target Users

Training Options

Type

product

User Reviews

Version

1.0

Canonical JSON

{
  "company_name": "Surescripts",
  "company_url": "https://surescripts.com/",
  "company_offices": [
    "United States"
  ],
  "company_founding": "2001",
  "product_url": "https://surescripts.com/what-we-do",
  "categories": [
    "interoperability",
    "e-prescribing",
    "electronic prior authorization",
    "benefit & price intelligence",
    "medication history",
    "clinical messaging",
    "care event notifications",
    "value-based care"
  ],
  "market_segment": [
    "enterprise"
  ],
  "links": [
    "https://surescripts.com/",
    "https://surescripts.com/what-we-do",
    "https://surescripts.com/what-we-do/e-prescribing",
    "https://surescripts.com/what-we-do/electronic-prior-authorization",
    "https://surescripts.com/what-we-do/real-time-prescription-benefit",
    "https://surescripts.com/why-surescripts/our-impact/annual-impact-report",
    "https://surescripts.com/support",
    "https://surescripts.com/who-we-are/contact-us",
    "https://surescripts.com/why-surescripts/certifications-and-accreditations",
    "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/07/ftc-reaches-proposed-settlement-surescripts-illegal-monopolization-case"
  ],
  "summary": "Surescripts operates a nationwide health information network that enables electronic prescribing, medication history, clinical messaging, and interoperability services to improve medication safety and care coordination.",
  "description": "Surescripts provides a secure, standards-based network connecting prescribers, pharmacies, PBMs, payers, EHRs and health systems to deliver e-prescribing, medication history and reconciliation, prior authorization routing, clinical interoperability and prescribing intelligence at scale across the U.S.",
  "target_users": [
    "clinicians",
    "pharmacists",
    "health systems",
    "EHR vendors",
    "pharmacies",
    "pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)",
    "payers",
    "care coordinators",
    "IT/healthcare administrators"
  ],
  "specialties": [
    "primary care",
    "ambulatory care",
    "inpatient/hospital",
    "long-term/post-acute care",
    "behavioral health",
    "oncology (specialty prescribing workflows)",
    "cardiology",
    "geriatrics"
  ],
  "regions_available": [
    "United States"
  ],
  "languages_supported": [
    "English"
  ],
  "pricing_model": "enterprise_quote",
  "pricing_details": "Commercial/enterprise pricing; contact vendor for licensing, implementation and volume-based fees; no public list prices.",
  "license": "commercial/proprietary",
  "deployment_model": [
    "SaaS"
  ],
  "os_platforms": [
    "Web"
  ],
  "features": [
    "E-Prescribing (including EPCS)",
    "Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA)",
    "Touchless Prior Authorization",
    "Real-Time Prescription Benefit (cost/coverage)",
    "Medication History (ambulatory, reconciliation, populations)",
    "Clinical Direct Messaging",
    "Care Event Notifications",
    "Formulary / On-Demand Formulary",
    "Electronic Benefit Verification / Eligibility",
    "Specialty Medications Gateway",
    "Therapeutic Alternatives",
    "Coordination of Benefits"
  ],
  "optional_modules": [
    "Touchless Prior Authorization",
    "Specialty Medications Gateway",
    "Real-Time Prescription Benefit",
    "On-Demand Formulary"
  ],
  "integrations": [
    "EHR vendors (integrations with major EHRs via partner programs)",
    "Pharmacies (retail and independent pharmacy networks)",
    "PBMs",
    "Health plans",
    "Specialty pharmacies",
    "Pharmacy technology vendors",
    "Provider portals (Prior Authorization Portal)",
    "Clinical HISP/Direct messaging endpoints"
  ],
  "data_standards": [
    "NCPDP SCRIPT",
    "FHIR",
    "HL7 v2",
    "Direct (DirectTrust/SMTP-based clinical messaging)",
    "NCPDP (general)"
  ],
  "api_available": "yes",
  "system_requirements": "",
  "compliance": [
    "HIPAA",
    "HITECH",
    "Industry-recognized security frameworks (SOC 2 referenced in vendor materials)"
  ],
  "certifications": [
    "Participation in industry standards efforts (HL7/NCPDP/Argonaut)",
    "Network and service accreditations referenced on vendor site"
  ],
  "security_features": [
    "Encryption in transit and at rest",
    "Audit logging",
    "Role-based access control (RBAC)",
    "SSO/SAML support",
    "Secure Direct messaging (HISP)"
  ],
  "privacy_features": [
    "Business Associate Agreement (BAA) availability",
    "Consent-aware exchange where applicable",
    "Data minimization and privacy notice on website"
  ],
  "data_residency": "Primarily US-based hosting / US network services",
  "customers": [
    "CVS Health",
    "Express Scripts",
    "Epic",
    "NextGen Healthcare",
    "eClinicalWorks",
    "Aprima Medical Software",
    "Meditech",
    "Vitera Healthcare Solutions",
    "Chain pharmacies (unnamed large chains)",
    "Health plans (unnamed large payers)"
  ],
  "user_reviews": [
    "Surescripts is the network everyone uses for e-prescribing — nearly every pharmacy is on it.",
    "Refills/med refill workflows through Surescripts can be a nightmare and sometimes scripts are lost.",
    "The Surescripts app is terrible and hasn't improved in years.",
    "Quick and efficient searching; easy to add pharmacy info and send prescriptions.",
    "E‑prescribing can be delayed (scripts sometimes take 10+ minutes to show up at the pharmacy)."
  ],
  "ratings": [
    "G2: 4.5/5 (Surescripts E-Prescribing listing)",
    "Elion.health: profile lists SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA certifications (vendor trust indicators)"
  ],
  "support_channels": [
    "email",
    "phone",
    "ticketing",
    "partner/customer success",
    "community/partner alliance"
  ],
  "training_options": [
    "documentation",
    "webinars",
    "live_online",
    "onsite (partner/customer engagements)",
    "partner certification/program resources"
  ],
  "release_year": "2001",
  "integration_partners": [
    "Epic",
    "NextGen Healthcare",
    "eClinicalWorks",
    "Aprima",
    "Meditech",
    "CVS Health",
    "Express Scripts",
    "Microsoft HealthVault (historical integration)",
    "Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)",
    "Chain and independent pharmacies across the US",
    "EHR vendors (general — via partner/connectivity program)",
    "Pharmacy management systems"
  ],
  "id": "P1590",
  "slug": "surescripts",
  "type": "product",
  "version": "1.0",
  "last_updated": "2025-09-07",
  "links_json": {
    "self": "https://www.healthaidb.com/software/surescripts.json"
  }
}