Medicare Opioid Abuse Prevention Measures To Be Enhanced In 2019
Executive Summary
Part D plans would need expanded point-of-sale 'edits' for high-dose prescriptions and supply limits for patients new to opioids under proposal in 2019 'call letter' for the Medicare pharmacy benefit.
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