CMS Proposes New Rules to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse – Medscape

CMS Proposes New Rules to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse – Medscape

CMS Proposes New Rules to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Medscape
"Prescription drug abuse is a serious and growing problem nationwide. Unfortunately, the Medicare Part D prescription drug program (Part D) is not immune from the abuses associated with this nationwide epidemic," CMS said in a statement issued January
CMS Declares War on Prescription Drug Abuse in Medicare, Focus on Opioid SeniorJournal.com
Proposed Medicare drug change stirs access worriesThe Herald-Times (subscription)
Sidley Austin LLP | CMS Provides Comment Opportunity on Major Proposal Linex Legal (press release) (registration)

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Weighing the Importance of Easing Patients’ Pain Against Possible Drug Abuse – NJ Spotlight

Weighing the Importance of Easing Patients' Pain Against Possible Drug Abuse
NJ Spotlight
But a proposal to prevent this from happening is raising another concern: that easing access to painkillers will worsen a growing crisis with patients becoming addicted to opioids and other powerful drugs. The final days of the state legislative

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