Medicaid
OUD Treatment Among Medicaid Enrollees Varies Widely
Newly available Medicaid claims data reveal a wide range in the occurrence of opioid use disorder (OUD) and the ...
AUGUST 3, 2023
Insurance Status, Physician Input Affect Outcomes on Prenatal Care in Opioid-Dependent Mothers
Women of reproductive age are commonly prescribed opioids, and prescribing rates are consistently higher among ...
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Medicaid Urged to Get Tougher on Opioids
State Medicaid programs may want to implement daily opioid morphine equivalent limits for recipients to improve ...
APRIL 11, 2017
Do Opioid Scripts In Reproductive-Age Women Follow Best Practices?
Nearly 10% of women on Medicaid who had live births during each reporting year in a New York state study received a ...
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Pain Medication Tops Medicaid’s Most Prescribed Drugs
Hydrocodone-acetaminophen (generic Vicodin) is the most frequently prescribed drug in Medicaid from 2014 to 2015, ...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Medical Marijuana State Laws Associated With Reduced Medicare Prescriptions
The growing number of states that have legalized medical marijuana is favorably affecting the bottom line of ...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
CMS Proposes Removing Pain Questions From Payment Calculations
In order to mitigate “even the perception that there is financial pressure to overprescribe opioids,” ...
AUGUST 22, 2016
Opioid Epidemic Fueling Hospitalizations, Hospital Costs
A new study sheds light on how the public health problem of opioid abuse is adding to the nation’s ballooning ...
AUGUST 19, 2016
Opioid Prescribing by Dentists After Tooth Extraction Found Likely Excessive
Among the leading prescribers of opioids for pain relief, a new study has found that dentists’ prescriptions ...
MAY 11, 2016
Time Spent on Reporting Quality Measures Costs Billions For Physician Practices
Physicians and staff report spending about 15.1 hours per week and 785.2 hours per year—or 32.7 days—on ...
MAY 2, 2016
CMS Resets the Clock for Return Of Medicare Overpayments
Finders keepers, losers weepers. Except in connection with overpayments from Medicare, then it’s a violation ...
APRIL 21, 2016
Multi-Society Pain Workgroup: Washington State’s Spinal Injections Coverage ‘a Win for Back Pain Patients’
The Multi-Society Pain Workgroup has commended the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Health Technology ...
APRIL 5, 2016