“OIG has added four new items to its Work Plan… three of the four new items relate to Medicaid. Hot topics include prescriptions for extreme amounts of opioids and Medicaid’s use of telemedicine…”
“The OIG observes that Medicaid beneficiaries, particularly those on disability, are more susceptible to opioid abuse because they are more likely to have conditions that require pain relief. The OIG intends to look at the issue from both the beneficiary side and the prescriber side…”
Source: OIG November 2017 Work Plan Update – By Michaela D. Poizner and William T. Mathias, November 30, 2017, Baker Donelson. Read the full notice here.
