Happy New Year!! Voices for Non-Opioid Choice
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Voices for Non-Opioid Choices
"The NOPAIN Act Will Expand Access to Non-Opioids for Millions
The NOPAIN Act will ensure patients and their providers have greater choices in their pain management and support broader efforts to combat the deadly effects of the opioid epidemic in our country.
The NOPAIN Act expands patient and provider access to FDA-approved non-opioids in all outpatient surgical settings beginning in 2025 by providing separate Medicare reimbursement for non-opioid therapies.
The NOPAIN Act requires a report to Congress on limitations, gaps, barriers to access, or deficits in Medicare coverage or reimbursement for therapeutic services."
https://nonopioidchoices.org/advocacy/nopain-...mentation/
By the Numbers: The Devastating Impact of the Opioid Addiction Crisis
3 out of every 4 deaths from a drug-related overdose in 2022 involved opioids.
Over 500,000 people died from an opioid-related overdose from 1999 to 2020.
The opioid epidemic cost the US nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 alone – up 37% from 2017.