Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Healthesystems’ recent release of a new downloadable reference on opioid case planning that provides step-by-step advice for prescribers and claims professionals on the numerous decisions involved in starting, continuing and discontinuing opioid therapy.
The advice in the new piece draws from evidence-based guidelines issued by select states and leading industry groups, dividing pain into three phases and offering recommendations regarding opioid use in each phase. Guidance on how to best handle claims in which pain persists or dose tapering or detoxification are warranted is also included.
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