What are the roles of the Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee?

The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall consist of fifteen members.  The members shall include eleven physicians and four pharmacists licensed to practice in Florida and actively engaged in providing services to the Florida Medicaid population.  The committee shall recommend to the department, therapeutic classes of drugs that should be included on a Preferred Drug List.  For those recommended classes, the committee shall recommend the drug or drugs considered preferred within that class based on safety and efficacy.  The committee also shall recommend utilization management methods like prior authorization criteria, step care and quantity limits.hat a plan determines are less costly and as effective as other drugs.

References

“Medicare Rx Education Site”  http://medicarerxeducation.org/things-to-know.htm.  March 30, 2006.

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