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Improving Drug Utilization Review Controls https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2017-Fact-Sheet-items/2017-02-01.html It looks like CMS (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is trying to implement CDC opiate dosing guidelines on all Part D/Medicare Advantage pts. More “bureaucratic creep” on the guidelines… that – per the CDC – did not bear the weight of law. While not stated in this information, […]
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Curbing abuse and overdoses through opioid stewardship https://www.addictionnow.com/2017/01/30/curbing-abuse-overdoses-opioid-stewardship/ http://the-stewardship.org/metaphors.htm “The steward, or “keeper of the hall”, was the official in a medieval household responsible for its management. Under the feudal system, it was the lord who had all of the legal authority. The steward had only a delegation of that authority, and a mandate to […]
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