Proposed Opioid Rules Draw Flurry of Feedback

The North Carolina Industrial Commission has released written public comments received in response to the draft opioid utilization rules developed by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Opioid Task Force. The proposed rules, released last month, would limit the daily dosage of opioids for acute pain to a 50 milligram morphine equivalent dose and would cap initial prescriptions for non-surgical patients at five days. The proposed rules state that before prescribing an opioid medication, a health care provider must document in the medical record that non-pharmacological and non-opioi...