Medicaid Drug Use Review Board

The drug use review board--made up of doctors and pharmacists--helps the department to ensure that medications prescribed for Medicaid clients are appropriate, medically necessary, cost effective, and unlikely to result in adverse side effects. It also aims to educate doctors and pharmacists to identify and reduce fraud, abuse, and inappropriate care associated with prescription drugs.

The board meets quarterly at the Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, 3404 Cooney Drive, Helena.

Members are:

Lee Ann Bradley, PharmD
Sherrill Brown, PharmD
Bill Burton, RPh
Dr. Robert Caldwell
Carla Cobb, PharmD
Jim Crichton, MD
Lori Fitzgerald, PharmD
V. Lee Harrison, MD
Ladonna Maxwell, APRN
Richard Sargent, MD

For more information, contact Amy Holodnick, Acute Services Division, 406-444-2738.

For meeting minutes, contact board coordinator Lisa Wilkinson, Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, 406-457-5818, fax 406-443-2580.

The public is welcome to attend board meetings, but individuals are asked to contact Lisa Wilkinson in advance to ensure that sufficient seating is available.

Page last updated: 07/12/2011