Gavin: When CMS and CDC Conflict: Medicare and Opioids

A few weeks back, the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) published a press release calling for a revised approach to MSAs that include opioid medications. Specifically, NAMSAP stated that it supports the following changes: a hard cap of 90 MED based on the CDC guidelines for no more than one month when the Work Comp MSA includes a surgical projection; and/or, a hard cap of 40 MED for no more than one month, followed by a 10% per week mandatory tapering and weaning plan, as recommended by the CDC, until fully weaned from opioids I find this attem...