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Committee opens public hearing on utilization-review parity for non-opioid pain treatments
Summary
Senate Bill 598 would require insurers and the Oregon Health Plan to apply the same utilization management and cost-sharing rules to non-opioid pain treatments as they do to opioid medications when prescribed for the same condition; sponsor said the change aims to expand access to non-opioid options and cited opioid epidemic data.
The Senate Committee on Health Care opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 598, a measure that would require certain health insurers and the Oregon Health Plan to apply the same utilization review and, where relevant, cost-sharing rules to non-opioid pain treatments as they apply to opioid pain medications when used for the same treatment.
A staff summary said the bill…
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