Mental Health ~MO health Net Pharmacy Partnership

The Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), in collaboration with the Missouri Health Net Program, is offering the Missouri Mental Health ~ MO Health Net Pharmacy Partnership to evaluate the use of mental health medications and to offer education when opportunities exist to improve prescribing practices. The program, which is adjunctive to other efforts in the state, aims to reduce health-care costs to Health Net patients while improving quality of care.

Principles	Management Team
Behavioral Pharmacy Management System (BPMS)	Health Care Optimization Program (HCO)
Advisory Council	Trainings/Meetings

Principles

The Partnership must:

• Make use of existing data sets (Health Net and DMH)
• Be supportive of existing treatment system and providers
• Be educational in nature
• Be based on continuously updated best practice guidelines

Management Team

Joseph Parks, M.D.
George Oestreich, Pharm. D
Paul Stuve, PhD
Kellie Shuck, MSN, APRN, BC
Tim Swinfard, LPC
Carole Schultz, MS, RN
Debbie Meller

Meetings/Trainings

Meetings:

DMH Net Pharmacy Partnership Advisory Council
Friday, April 4, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
@
Department of Mental Health

Available Trainings: (for more information contact Kellie L Shuck @ 573-230-1037)

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• Prevention and Screening for the Metabolic Syndrome
• COPD in the SMI Population
• Hepatitis C and SMI
• SMI and Cardiovascular Disease
• Understanding Schizophrenia for the Physical Heath Provider
• Modifying Teaching Techniques for the SMI Population