Officials Say Medicare Efforts to Combat Opioid Abuse Are Working; More Initiatives Planned

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Officials Say Medicare Efforts to Combat Opioid Abuse Are Working; More Initiatives Planned

Joan Flynn

May 4, 2015 at 07:04:00 ET

A policy aimed at encouraging Part D plan sponsors to identify and reach out to at-risk beneficiaries has played a key role in reducing opioid abuse among Medicare recipients, a federal official told members of a House subcommittee on May 1. Patrick Conway, a deputy administrator and chief medical officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was one of several agenc... Read More

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