Medicare Opioid Abuse Prevention Measures To Be Enhanced In 2019

Part D plans would need expanded point-of-sale 'edits' for high-dose prescriptions and supply limits for patients new to opioids under proposal in 2019 'call letter' for the Medicare pharmacy benefit.

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The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing that Medicare Part D plans in 2019 implement additional safety alerts at the time of dispensing aimed at informing physicians about their patients' opioid use and ultimately help prevent abuse by beneficiaries.

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