CDC – OPIOID GUIDELINES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TAPER PATIENTS April 24, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken its first concrete step to address the widespread misuse and misapplication of its opioid prescribing guideline. In a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine,…
Needed Respite
As you all know as caregivers, “If you don’t care for yourself you can’t really care for someone else properly. For the past 5-6 weeks we have had to help work with Robert (BIL) was hit hard when he aspirated rated lunch one day. Aspirated is when liquid or food goes down into one lungs…
State panel to review OHP neck, back pain coverage Also continuing chronic pain discussions
By: KTVZ.COM news sources Posted: May 10, 2019 08:32 PM PDT Updated: May 10, 2019 08:33 PM PDT SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority announced Friday that the Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC), will reopen discussions on the coverage guidelines related to neck and back pain implemented in 2016, beginning this winter. OHA and…
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL OREGON OFFICIALS TO REVISIT BACK PAIN GUIDELINES AND REVISE CHRONIC PAIN PROPOSAL
OHA’s neck pain guidelines may be revised. By Elizabeth Hayes Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal May 10, 2019, 1:40pm PDT Oregon health officials are rethinking their approach to chronic pain coverage and mandatory tapering off of opioids for Medicaid patients. The Oregon Health Authority on Friday announced two major developments in a saga that has…
