EQUITY or INEQUITY: seems to depend on which disabled group that you are part of

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

Patients with opioid use disorder could see some of the biggest benefits of new CMS changes. The new rules would no longer require patients seeking opioid addiction treatment to appear on video. By allowing audio-only telehealth visits, patients would not feel the pressure to secure a space solely for telehealth services. Part of assessing OUD […]

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DEA looking for comments on their proposed opiate production quotas

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

When/if you download the 20 page proposed regulations… pay particular attention to PAGE 4 of that *.PDF… it explains the “statistical parameters” that the DEA used to come up with the “ESTIMATED DIVERSION ” of particular controlled substances.  First of all the database was on only 24% of the population – from only 17 different […]

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