In bid to reduce over-prescribing of opioids . . .

Lawmakers Seek To Untie Patient Views On Pain Management From Hospital Reimbursement

April 29, 2016 at 5:05 PM
Senate and House legislators from both parties are pushing bills to untie patient views on pain management from Medicare payments to hospitals -- a regulatory link that some say contributes to over-prescribing of opioids. An Obamacare provision ties the results of patient satisfaction surveys to how much hospitals are paid, leading some stakeholders to worry that hospitals have a perverse incentive to over-prescribe opioids. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) is one of the latest lawmakers to sign onto bipartisan legislation sponsored...


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