Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap kicks off our Valentine’s Day edition with some positive news from the prescription drug fight, with New York Attorney General Schneiderman recently announcing the release of new data highlighting the successful implementation of the state’s Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act (I-STOP), which tracks every prescription for opioid pills that gets filled in New York State, and starting in August of 2013, requires that doctors consult the database before writing any prescriptions for a Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance.
The AG noted that more than 66,000 health care professionals across the State have run more than seven million individual prescription checks on nearly three million separate patients since August 2013. Find out more by clicking here!
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