Partnership to End Addiction
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Support the NOPAIN Act to improve access to non-opioid pain management
More than 153 million opioid prescriptions were dispensed in 2019,
almost one prescription for every two Americans. While most people who
take prescription opioids will not develop addiction, patients and
providers should have the option of alternative pain management
strategies.
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Unused prescription opioids can end up in the wrong hands and be
misused, increasing the risk for addiction and overdose. Those in
recovery from addiction also face an increased risk of relapse and
overdose when prescribed opioids.
Non-opioid pain management options exist, but access and availability
are limited. Under current law, hospitals receive the same payment
from Medicare regardless of whether a provider prescribes an opioid or
non-opioid. Therefore, hospitals largely rely on opioids dispensed at
a pharmacy after discharge at little or no cost to the hospital.
The Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) Act (
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S. 586 /
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H.R. 3259) would help address this barrier to non-opioid pain
management. It would direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) to provide separate Medicare reimbursement for
non-opioid treatments used to manage pain in the hospital outpatient
department and ambulatory surgery center settings.
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Send a letter to your members of Congress today. Urge them to
cosponsor the NOPAIN Act to help ensure that safe, non-addictive
therapies are widely available to the millions of Americans who
undergo outpatient surgery every year and reduce unnecessary exposure
to opioids and the likelihood of opioid misuse or addiction.
Send a letter today!
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