Opioids, Part 1: Health Insurers Pushed to take Steps to Curb the Epidemic
Burns, J.
Managed Care 26(12): 25-26
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1062-3388 PMID: 29272237 Document Number: 692298
Blame for the epidemic has focused on drugmakers, drug wholesalers, and physicians who prescribed opioids too liberally. This fall, fingers pointed at health insurers. Investigative reporting showed that coverage policies that restricted access to less addictive medications might have helped fueled the epidemic.