Addressing the opioid crisis is a top priority for the Administration
and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS is
responding by promoting safe and responsible pain management, making sure
patients can access treatment for opioid use disorder, and using data to
target prevention and treatment. Over the last several years, we have issued
several bulletins outlining state approaches and effective practices for
addressing the opioid overdose epidemic within Medicaid.
We are committed to preventing and reducing opioid use disorder by
promoting safe opioid prescribing and encouraging non-opioid pain
treatments. Today we are issuing a Bulletin to expand on earlier guidance
by providing information to states looking for ways to promote non-opioid
options for chronic pain management in their Medicaid programs. This
Bulletin supports the goal of reducing the use of opioids in pain
management included in the President’s Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and
Reduce Drug Supply and Demand and is consistent with the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Service (HHS) 5-Point
Strategy to Combat the Opioid Crisis. This Bulletin meets the
requirements of Section 1010 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities
Act (Pub. L. 1115-271), which requires CMS to issue guidance to states on
mandatory and optional items and services for non-opioid treatment and
management of pain that may be provided in the state Medicaid program.
The Bulletin is available on Medicaid.gov here: https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-Guidance/index.html.
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