Cost redux is a good thing, but a complete replacement of highly addictive opioids would be better for workers/patients. One short term solution might be to more strictly regulate the scripts for ‘opis’ so that they are accounted for, monitored while those scripts are in effect, and to require leftover meds be returned to the dispensers after scripts expire.
Joe, do you get any sense that WC PBMs are discussing/contemplating step therapy for opoid prescriptios that include medical marijuana? Or is it still too early in the game?
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Cost redux is a good thing, but a complete replacement of highly addictive opioids would be better for workers/patients. One short term solution might be to more strictly regulate the scripts for ‘opis’ so that they are accounted for, monitored while those scripts are in effect, and to require leftover meds be returned to the dispensers after scripts expire.
Joe, do you get any sense that WC PBMs are discussing/contemplating step therapy for opoid prescriptios that include medical marijuana? Or is it still too early in the game?