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More than 900,000 people were absent from the workforce in 2015 due to opioid addiction, according to a study released March 27 by the American Action Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based center-right public policy advocacy group.

CMS is expected to publish the final version of a proposed rule in April to limit opioid prescriptions to seven days. The rule, which will not apply to beneficiaries with cancer or in hospice care, has drawn sharp critique from…

A majority of emergency department physicians — 65 percent — underestimated how often they prescribed opioids to patients, a study published in Academic Emergency Medicine found.

The American Dental Association on March 26 launched an interim opioids policy, which supports seven-day limits for opioid prescriptions and mandatory continuing education on prescribing practices for opioids and other controlled substances.

The Trump administration's plan to address the nation's opioid crisis, announced last week, includes a recommendation for the use of one medication, manufactured by a single company, to treat federal prisoners with opioid addiction, according to a report from STAT.

In 11 states, the top prescription is an opioid painkiller that mixes acetaminophen and hydrocodone or buprenorphine, according to new data from online prescription cost service GoodRx obtained by Kaiser Health News.

Patients must work with their healthcare team to interpret direct-to-consumer genetic test results alongside clinical context and family histories, Susan M. Domchek, MD, executive director of the Philadelphia-based Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote in an…

Medicare-eligible patients with advanced cancers will have access to genomic tests under a national coverage determination CMS finalized March 16.

2bPrecise and The Innovation Institute entered into an agreement wherein 2bPrecise will deliver pharmacogenomics data to The Innovation Institute's network of member providers.

A team of researchers from Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute plan to build a global DNA database of genetic test results and EHR histories, Intermountain Healthcare announced March 1.