tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 9

Industry News: New AMA Primer Advises Providers on Opioid Issues

Talk to your patients about opioid abuse before they leave the office. With the opioid epidemic heavy on the Medicare plate of problems, the American Medical Association’s Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse recently offered guidance to physicians on best practice measures concerning the safe use, storage, and disposal of prescription opioids. “These new recommendations can further reduce the amount of unwanted, unused, and medications — making their diversion to nonmedical use much less likely,” said Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees and chair of the Task Force in an...

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