Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement of the release of the Heroin and Opioid Task Force’s final report and recommendations.
Key recommendations from the Task Force include mandating prescriber education on pain management and addiction, reducing the number of days for first-time opioid scripts for acute pain from 30 to 7, requiring consumer education on opioids, increasing public outreach and awareness, eliminating prior authorization for needed inpatient treatments and medications to treat addiction, expanding access to overdose-reversal medication, increasing treatment beds and opioid treatment program slots, expanding access to spaces and supports for individuals in recovery, and updating the controlled substances schedule.
Find out more (including a link to the full report!) by clicking here!