CMS Final Call on Opioid Policy- What’s the Latest?

CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is readying to implement new rules for opioid medication coverage starting the New Year, January 1, 2019. These rules have come under fire, as patients, advocates, and physicians across the country were outraged as CMS initially decided to cut coverage for all opioid pain medication prescriptions that were written in excess of over 90 mg MME (morphine…