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dc.contributor.authorKashalikar, Neha
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:06.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:42:44Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:42:44Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-01
dc.date.submitted2018-02-08
dc.identifier.doi10.13028/16m9-j606
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26922
dc.description<p>Presented at the Cambridge Hospital Grand Rounds. Client/Partner: Executive Office of Health and Human Services</p>
dc.description.abstractHow the Massachusetts Medicaid Pharmacy Program, which is managed by UMass Medical School, developed the Pediatric Behavioral Health Medication Initiative. The initiative was created in response to studies and reports that found pediatric behavioral health medication polypharmacy regimes had been increasing. Compared to the rest of the country, the prevalence was highest among the MassHealth pediatric population. A prior authorization requirement, guidelines, case review and a prescriber outreach process were established as part of the initiative to ensure MassHealth pediatric members were being prescribed appropriate behavioral health medication.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectbehavioral health
dc.subjectpharmacy
dc.subjectpediatrics
dc.subjectMassHealth
dc.subjectMassachusetts
dc.subjectHealth Economics
dc.subjectHealth Law and Policy
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectPediatrics
dc.subjectPharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Psychology
dc.titleThe Pediatric Behavioral Health Medication Initiative
dc.typePresentation
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1163&amp;context=commed_pubs&amp;unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/commed_pubs/155
dc.identifier.contextkey11510891
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T15:42:44Z
html.description.abstract<p>How the Massachusetts Medicaid Pharmacy Program, which is managed by UMass Medical School, developed the Pediatric Behavioral Health Medication Initiative. The initiative was created in response to studies and reports that found pediatric behavioral health medication polypharmacy regimes had been increasing. Compared to the rest of the country, the prevalence was highest among the MassHealth pediatric population.</p> <p>A prior authorization requirement, guidelines, case review and a prescriber outreach process were established as part of the initiative to ensure MassHealth pediatric members were being prescribed appropriate behavioral health medication.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathcommed_pubs/155
dc.contributor.departmentCommonwealth Medicine, Clinical Pharmacy Services


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