Providers Want CMS To Unbundle Non-Opioid Drugs In Outpatient Care

Advocates for non-opioid pain management alternatives are calling on policymakers to increase access to non-opioid pain management alternatives, including unbundling certain drugs in outpatient settings and increasing provider training. Voices for Non-Opioid Choices, a coalition largely made up of provider groups, gathered in December to write policy recommendations and is releasing them as a report that calls for a public awareness campaign to educate patients on non-opioid pain management options as well as federal policy reform. According to the report,...