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Some states use peer review to reduce overprescribing of antipsychotics to youth
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30039
Subject(s) - prior authorization , authorization , medicaid , antipsychotic , medicine , psychiatry , antipsychotic drug , psychology , family medicine , nursing , political science , computer security , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , computer science , law , health care
Thirty‐one states have been using prior authorization policies for Medicaid prescribing of antipsychotic medication for children under the age of 7, according to new research. The main purpose of the prior authorizations is to reduce inappropriate prescribing, the researchers found.