Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, consisting of 36 independent health plans, found 21 percent of its members filled a least one opioid prescription in 2015.
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A quality initiative to boost anesthesiologists' role in caring for hip fracture patients has helped lower opioid use, reduced length of stay and cut costs at a 432-bed hospital in northern California, according to a release.
From 2010 through 2016, the number of Blue Cross and Blue Shield members diagnosed with opioid use disorder increased by 493 percent, according to a new study conducted by the BCBS Association
Medicaid spending on medications to treat opioid use disorder and opioid overdoses increased from $394 million in 2011 to $928 million in 2016, according to new research from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Urban Institute.
A study, published in JAMA Surgery, examined the incidence and predictors of opioid prescriptions at hospital discharge for patients who were treated for a traumatic injury.
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The percentage of adult bariatric surgical patients using opioids dips in the initial postoperative months, but increases years later, according to a study published in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease.
Spinal fusion surgery patients administered intraoperative methadone require less intravenous and oral postoperative opioid use for pain management, according to a study published in the journal Anesthesiology.
Nonopioid pain medications are just as effective as opioid painkillers in the long-term treatment of osteoarthritis and chronic back pain, according to a study presented Friday at the 2017 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Braeburn Pharmaceuticals (Princeton, N.J.). Braeburn Pharmaceuticals is a commercial stage pharmaceutical company focused on care for underserved populations. Its first product, Probuphine, treats opioid addiction. The company’s culture is built on mutual respect and encourages outside-the-box thinking, with team members…