The Prescriber Education Program, a Medicaid pharmacy initiative within the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 State Health Budget, is a partnership between the Department of Health and several academic institutions and provides prescribers with an evidence based, non-commercial source of the latest objective information about pharmaceuticals. NYS Medicaid has formed a joint venture with the State University of New York (SUNY) Medical and Pharmacy campuses, as well as the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Harvard Medical School.

What is the goal of the program?

The goal of the program is to optimize the quality of care for New York State Medicaid beneficiaries by providing clinicians with the most current information on best practices in pharmaceuticals and therapeutics. There are two main components to the Prescriber Education program. The first component, the "core curriculum" is accessible to Medicaid clinicians statewide via the links shown on the left. The materials found on the training sites were developed by DOH, OMH, and Medicaid's academic partners. The second component of the prescriber program is statewide on-site educational sessions. These sessions will take place in clinics and physicians' offices. This component will involve a combination of educational materials, phone conversations, and face-to-face visits by academic clinical pharmacists (PharmD's) from SUNY Medical and Pharmacy campuses.

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