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National e-Prescribing Conference Sponsored by CMS and Industry Partners - October 6 & 7, 2008
Florida Agency for Health Care AdministrationFlorida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis
Outcomes and Implications of Florida Medicaid’s e-Prescribing Pilot Project
Christopher B. Sullivan, Ph.D.Agency for Health Care Administration
National e-Prescribing Conference Sponsored by CMS and Industry Partners - October 6 & 7, 2008
National e-Prescribing Conference Sponsored by CMS and Industry Partners - October 6 & 7, 2008
Florida Agency for Health Care AdministrationFlorida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis
Background to the Presentation This presentation will cover three topics that relate to the e-prescribing initiatives taken by Florida state government.
A summary overview of the Florida Medicaid e-Prescribing Pilot Project, including the outcomes of fewer prescription claims and lower costs to Medicaid.
An overview of the Electronic Prescribing Clearinghouse website developed by the Agency to promote e-prescribing.
A description of the Medicaid e-Prescribing Adoption Program to be proposed for legislation in FY 2009-10.
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Medicaid e-Prescribing Pilot Project In 2003, the Florida Legislature directed AHCA to
develop a wireless handheld drug information application for prescribers to use at point of care.
o AHCA developed a model in which clinical outcomes and “over-prescribing” could be positively impacted at the point of care.
The system was expected to provide:
Continuously updated clinical pharmacology information for prescriber reference
Reference to the Florida Medicaid PDL
Individual Medicaid patient medication history
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Value of the e-Prescribing Pilot Project
Florida Medicaid e-Prescribing Pilot makes 100 days of a patient’s prescription drug history available to practitioners.
The medication history: is available at the point of service; permits immediate utilization and compliance
review; provides information about coverage and
restrictions; incorporates an e-prescribing function that permits
immediate transmission of prescription authorization to the patient’s pharmacy.
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Expected Outcomes from the e-Prescribing Pilot
The e-prescribing application contracted by Medicaid is eMPOWERx. This program is expected to provide a drug utilization review to the physician for purposes of: Minimizing adverse drug reactions. Detecting overuse or under use of drugs. Detecting duplicate therapies. Detecting potential allergic responses. Screening for appropriate dosage. Halting “doctor shopping” for medications
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ePrescribing Provides a Medication History
Comprehensive medication
history for well informed
therapeutic decisions
Therapeutic duplications flagged for
further review
Drug Interactions Identified
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e-Prescribing Pilot Drug Interaction Alerts Medicaid e-prescribing is integrated with a clinical
information database, which includes screening tools to reduce the potential for medication errors before they occur.
Employs Clinical Pharmacology and clinical report tools, empowering clinicians to screen a prescription for adverse effects.
Alerts the provider to potential drug-drug or drug-allergy interactions
The e-Prescribing component provides Medicaid Preferred Drug List information and offers recommendations for alternative medications.
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Interaction Alerts From July 2007 to March 2008
Very High Risk of Drug Interaction,
3% (n=4,564)
High Risk of Drug Interaction, 19%
(n=30,221)
Low Risk of Drug Interaction, 12%
(n=18,887)
Moderate Risk of Drug Interaction, 66% (n=109,433)
Very High Risk of Drug Interaction High Risk of Drug Interaction
Moderate Risk of Drug Interaction Low Risk of Drug Interaction
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Medicaid e-Prescribing Features
The Medicaid e-prescribing system is supported through a Web-based, real-time prescribing system:
Allows providers to write prescriptions from a desktop computer or a PDA with prompts for the patient’s last pharmacy.
The desktop version of of the e-prescribing software includes a data feed from SureScripts-RxHub.
Physicians can obtain a medication history from both Medicaid and non-Medicaid sources using the desktop version.
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Medicaid e-Prescribing, January-June, 2008
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Medicaid ePrescribing Volumes, January to June 2008
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Fewer Medicaid Prescription Claims per Patient
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ePrescribing Pilot Physicians All Other Physicians
Average Prescriptions per PatientMedicaid ePrescribing Pilot Physicians 2.7All Other Medicaid Physicians 3.4
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Greater Medicaid Cost Savings per Patient
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Medicaid ePrescribing Pilot Physicians All Other Medicaid Physicians
Average Cost of Rx Per PatientMedicaid ePrescribing Pilot Physicians $230All Other Physicians $278
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Outcomes of the Medicaid e-Prescribing Pilot Project
Prescribers in the Medicaid pilot write 25% fewer prescriptions than physicians not using the system.
Prescribers in the Medicaid pilot save Medicaid an average of $48 more per month per patient on prescription claims.
Florida Medicaid reports $1.8 - $2 million in monthly savings from physicians using e-prescribing.
During a 9 month period in 2007-08 e-prescribing physicians received an average of 18,122 alerts per month, for a projected savings of $208,933 each month in claims.
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Public Health Opportunities for Medicaid e-Prescribing
o Duval County Health Department is initiating a pilot project using eMPOWERx.
o Florida Medicaid is working with the Duval County Health Department to obtain extra wireless PDAs for the pilot.
o The eMPOWERx Desktop version has extra benefits with its RxHub feed, but security is an important issue that needs to be resolved.
o AHCA Medicaid is reaching out to make eMPOWERx available to all County Health Departments in Florida
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2007 Legislative Session – HB 1155 Mandates information clearinghouse on electronic
prescribing (s. 408.0611 FS)
“To promote the implementation of electronic prescribing by healthcare practitioners, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies in order to prevent prescription drug abuse, improve patient safety, and reduce unnecessary prescriptions.”
“The agency shall work in collaboration with private sector electronic prescribing initiatives and relevant stakeholders to create a clearinghouse of information of electronic prescribing for health care practitioners, health care facilities, and pharmacies.”
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E-Prescribing Clearinghouse Mandate
Provide information regarding the availability of electronic prescribing products.
Regularly convene stakeholders to assess and accelerate implementation of electronic prescribing.
The Agency shall monitor the implementation of electronic prescribing
The Agency shall annually report on the progress of electronic prescribing implementation to the Governor and Legislature – due January 31.
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The proposed incentive payment would be continued for a limited number of years and gradually be decreased in subsequent years.
The Agency is NOT considering imposing a penalty related to low utilization of electronic prescribing.
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Expected Adoption Rates from the Incentives
The current level of adoption of e-prescribing by pilot project providers is estimated at 19.5% of the physicians using the eMPOWERx program, or an estimated 3.8% of all Medicaid physicians.
46,866 electronic prescriptions were reported by Medicaid in the second quarter of 2008.
The proposed program would fund incentives to achieve 5% level of adoption of electronic prescribing among Medicaid physicians targeting 679,126 e-prescriptions in fiscal year 2009-2010.
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Medicaid e-Prescribing Adoption Program Issues
Metrics: The number of electronic prescriptions sent by the Medicaid clinician relative to the number of prescriptions generated by the Medicaid clinician during the measurement period.
Qualifying Metric for Incentive Payment: The qualifying metric should be set high enough to document that the clinician is committed to electronic prescribing and the qualifying metric should reward increased use of electronic prescribing.
Data Sources: Use claims data to track e-prescribing; avoid creating new reporting requirements if possible.
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Medicaid e-Prescribing Adoption Program Issues
o Amend the State Plan
o Adopt a rule amendment and incorporate changes in the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook and Physician Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook.
o Include proviso language in appropriations bill
What e-prescribing tool standards are available? o CCHIT certified EMRso ePrescribe America
The proposed method to implement program change:
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Medicaid e-Prescribing Incentives Program Issues
The proposed source of funds for the first year would be general revenue with federal match.
o The proposed source of funds for the second year is prescription drug savings from year one.
o And subsequent years.
Program funding:
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How will states be supported to establish incentive programs?
What have we learned from Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)? What metrics will be most cost effective to administer?
What program design would be most acceptable to physicians and encourage Medicaid participation?
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Carolyn H. TurnerChristopher B. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Agency for Health Care AdministrationFlorida Center for Health Information