As required by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new opioid policies for drug plans starting on January 1, 2019.
The new policies include improved safety alerts when opioid prescriptions are dispensed at the pharmacy and drug management programs for patients determined to be at-risk for misuse or abuse of opioids or other frequently abused drugs.
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