While many Indian Health Service (IHS) clinicians already utilize prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) databases, IHS will now require its opioid prescribers and pharmacists to check their state PDMP database before prescribing or dispensing any opioid for more than seven days. The new policy is effective immediately for more than 1,200 IHS clinicians working in IHS federally operated facilities who are authorized to prescribe opioids.
“Checking a PDMP database before prescribing an