Improving Psychotherapeutic Medication Prescribing in Florida: Implementation of the Florida Medicaid Drug Therapy Management Program (MDTMP)

This paper describes a program that was established by Florida Medicaid to improve the quality of prescribing of psychotherapeutic medications. It relates the process used for defining quality medication treatment including the definitions of unusual psychotherapeutic medication indicators (UPMI). It details the results of analysis of FY 2007–2008 pharmacy claims data using these indicators that enabled the Program to identify practices and...