Posts Tagged ‘prescription drug monitoring’
OIG WorkPlan Update for December Includes Six New Initiatives
The HHS Office of the Inspector General continues to update its Work Plan each month and ended the year in December with six new initiatives, two of which focus on the opioid epidemic and how to better monitor and prevent drug abuse. Status Update on States’ Efforts on Medicaid-Provider Enrollment OIG will determine just how…
Read MoreBoard of Medicine: Drug monitoring program working
Florida, once dubbed the “epicenter of prescription drug diversion,†has made numerous inroads since state lawmakers passed legislation requiring that a prescription drug monitoring program be put into place. Prior to Chapter 893.055, which created new guidelines for operating pain management clinics and approved the creation of a database to collect controlled substance prescription records…
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