decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2017 Issue 10 (October)
8 tips to protect your practice, patients from opioid Rx abuse
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Article Overview
This article reviews practical compliance considerations for practices involved in opioid prescribing. It is aimed at physicians, practice managers, and billing/compliance professionals who need a broad understanding of current scrutiny, monitoring practices, pharmacy relationships, state law issues, and controlled-substance handling concerns. The content summarizes general areas of guidance from public health and regulatory sources without reproducing detailed coding or reimbursement instructions.
Why This Topic Matters
Opioid prescribing remains a high-risk compliance area, and practices may face significant legal, regulatory, and professional consequences if prescribing, monitoring, or dispensing activities are not handled appropriately. Understanding the broad risk areas helps practices assess whether their internal policies and oversight processes need review.
What You Will Learn
- Why opioid prescribing has become a heightened compliance concern
- What broad risk areas practices should monitor when prescribing controlled substances
- How monitoring programs, guidelines, and internal safeguards fit into opioid-related compliance
- Why pharmacy relationships, state laws, and office dispensing practices deserve review
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Practice managers
- Compliance officers
- Medical billing professionals
- Healthcare attorneys
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