Opioids
Medical practice and the opioid crisis. Updates on state and national rules, prescription monitoring programs, and pain management.
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Regulatory Updates
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44:42Watch VideoOpioid epidemic and your practice
It’s been one year since mandatory use of the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program began. In this webinar, attorney Brett Rowe will provide an update on the implications for physician practices. CME
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Read ArticleTexas controlled substance e-prescribing requirements and waivers
Electronic prescribing of controlled substances will be required for Texas physicians beginning January 1, 2021.
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View PresentationTMB pain management rules
Learn about the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program and how to comply with pain management legislation passed in 2019.
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Read ArticleTMB finalizes new CME requirements
Physicians in Texas must now meet two new CME requirements.
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Read ArticleTMB issues final rules for pain management
TMB releases rules for PMP checks, acute pain prescribing limits, and opioid CME requirements
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Read ArticleTMB clarifies prescribing limits for acute pain
The TMB is trying to clear up confusion about the new 10-day opioid prescribing limit for acute pain.
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Read ArticleGovernor extends waiver for chronic pain patients
State requirements for chronic pain patients have been suspended by Governor Abbott until June 30, 2021
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Read ArticleNew opioid prescribing limits take effect September 1
New legislation places a 10-day limit on opioid prescriptions for acute pain.
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Read ArticleHHS guide for appropriate tapering or discontinuation of long-term opioid use
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides clarification and advice for physicians on appropriate tapering methods for patients with long-term opioid use.
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View PresentationCDC issues guidelines for prescribing opioids
CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids to chronic pain patients. These guidelines apply to physicians treating patients outside the context of cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care.
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Read ArticleRecap: “How to Fight the Opioid Epidemic”
For this year’s spring CME seminars, attorney Brett B. Rowe presented “How to Fight the Opioid Epidemic” in Austin and Houston. Here’s a brief recap with five risk management takeaways for physicians.
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Read ArticleHIPAA and the opioid crisis
On October 27, the HHS Office for Civil Rights issued guidance on how HIPAA allows information sharing to respond to the opioid crisis.
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Physician Monitoring Program (PMP)
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Read ArticleTMB says PMP checks NOT required for inpatient prescribing
TMB issued guidance stating that checking the PMP is NOT required for inpatient care.
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Read ArticleLaw requires Texas physicians to query PMP before prescribing opioids
Texas physicians will soon be required to check the Texas Prescription Monitoring database before prescribing opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol.
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Case Studies
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Managing opioids: claims analysis and case study; Wernicke’s encephalopathy after bariatric surgery; How to dismiss without abandoning: Ending the physician-patient relationship; Addressing transgende
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View PresentationOverprescribing pain medication
This is an actual TMLT medical malpractice case. It involves a family physician and a patient prescribed to pain medication. This presentation illustrates how action or inaction on the part of the phy
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