Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Opioid Prescribing Guideline Clarification May Curb Access Problems

If you’ve run into problems securing coverage for opioids for your hospice patients, a letter released last month by the Centers for Disease Control may help. The problem: In 2016, the CDC issued a guideline document regarding prescribing of opioids at www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/prescribing/guideline.html. The guideline led to insurers and states blocking or adding obstacles for coverage of the medications for certain patients, including those [...]
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