How changing opioid prescribing patterns can impact risk scores
19 April 2018
This brief provides data on the decline in opioids prescribed to Medicaid expansion populations and the increased use of other non-opioid pain relief drugs. It also addresses the corresponding effect that changing prescribing patterns may have on evaluating population health and risk-adjusted payments in risk-based managed care programs.
About the Author(s)
Colin R. Gray
Lucas Everheart
How changing opioid prescribing patterns can impact risk scores
This brief provides data on the decline in opioids prescribed to Medicaid expansion populations and the increased use of other non-opioid pain relief drugs.
Christine Mytelka, Melanie Kuester, Colin Gray, Lucas Everheart