The Opioid Network, a newly-formed group made up of over 45 advocacy organizations, supports a proposed Senate bill that would allocate $45 billion over 10 years to fight the opioid epidemic, according to The Hill.
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The following lawsuits were announced or filed since Oct. 12 by counties, cities and states, seeking to recover funds spent addressing widespread illicit opioid use in each community.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office called on CMS last week to improve its oversight of opioid use among Medicare Part D beneficiaries after identifying flaws in the agency's monitoring of opioid prescriptions.
The National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization promoting health and safety in the U.S., unveiled a memorial in Chicago Friday dedicated to the victims of opioid overdose, News Channel 20 reports.
Multiple hospitals treated victims of a weekend shooting at an Indiana nightclub, according to The Times of Northwest Indiana.
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San Diego's Scripps Mercy Hospital is leading an effort to encourage local emergency room physicians to change their prescribing practices in response to the opioid epidemic, according to a KPBS report.
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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, R, sent a letter to the state's attorney general, calling for an immediate investigation into physician's prescribing practices, according to report from The Arizona Republic.
Florida Blue, part of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, will drop coverage of OxyContin, a brand name prescription opioid, Jan. 1, 2018, according to the Miami Herald.
Toby Cosgrove, MD, CEO of Cleveland Clinic, called for healthcare providers to rethink pain management in an effort to help reverse the tide of the nation's ongoing opioid overdose epidemic, according to a recent viewpoint article.