PDMPs are state-run electronic databases designed to track prescribing of controlled substances and to identify people at high risk of using opioids for nonmedical purposes. Every state except Missouri now has a drug-monitoring program. Some states have mandatory programs requiring physicians to participate, and other states have voluntary programs.
In a recent article in the Bristol Herald Courier, David Balto gives a great summary of the problems with the pharmacy benefit management industry, such
In a recent article at BenefitsPRO, Dan Cook talks about the movement to have employers “rise up and fight their own battles with the drug
“Today, one in four Americans who need prescription drugs struggle to afford them — one in four,” president Joe Biden. The last two administrations have
