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Mental Health Prescription Program Receives URAC Best Practices Award

The Missouri Department of Mental Health, Missouri HealthNet, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. and Lilly were recently named Silver Award winners at the Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards. These awards are given by URAC, an independent, nonprofit organization well known as a leader in promoting health care quality through accreditation and education programs. The Behavioral Health Pharmacy Management (BPM) program won in the Health Information Technology category.

"A Best Practices Award is a strong signal to the market that an organization places a premium on consumer protection and empowerment," said Alan P. Spielman, URAC's president and CEO. "We are excited about this opportunity to recognize these trailblazers and draw attention to programs that are models for the industry."

In all, URAC honored 22 winners for excellence among entries from health care management, health information technology, health plan and pharmacy benefit management organizations. Entries were judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts in three categories: consumer decision support, consumer/patient safety and integrated care coordination. Programs were selected as winners for their ability to measurably demonstrate an impact on consumer empowerment and/or protection, as well as their potential for widespread implementation of the program by other organizations.