ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2020
Opioid Prescribing to Medicare Part D Enrollees, 2013-2017: Shifting Responsibility to Pain Management Providers.
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- Short-Term and Long-Term Opioid Prescribing by Specialty, 2010 to 2024.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Opioid Prescribing Patterns of Board-Certified Emergency Physicians Compared With Other Physicians Practicing Emergency Medicine Among Medicare Part-D Beneficiaries Between 2018 and 2020 in the United States.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- Shifts in Antipsychotic Prescribing by Clinician Type for Medicare Part D Beneficiaries, 2013-2023.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The impact of opioid prescribing guidelines on opioid dispensation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026Review
- Oxytocin Modulation in Mindfulness-Based Pain Management for Chronic Pain.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Massachusetts' opioid limit law associated with a reduction in postoperative opioid duration among orthopedic patients.Health affairs scholar · 2023Article
- Opioid prescribing patterns among medical practitioners in New South Wales, Australia.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Article
- Social isolation, residential stability, and opioid use disorder among older Medicare beneficiaries: Metropolitan and non-metropolitan county comparison.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
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- State Variation in Chronic Opioid Use in Long-Term Care Nursing Home Residents.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2021Article
- A Work in Progress: National Opioid Prescription Reductions Across Orthopaedic Subspecialties in a Contemporary Medicare Sample of 5,026,911 Claims.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2021Article
- Opioid Prescribing by Primary Care Providers: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, and Physician Prescribing Patterns.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine opioid prescribing frequency and trends to Medicare Part D enrollees from 2013 to 2017 by medical specialty and provider type.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional, specialty- and provider-level analysis of Medicare Part D prescriber data for opioid claims from 2013 to 2017. We analyzed opioid claims and prescribing trends for specialties accounting for ≥1% of all opioid claims.
resultsFrom 2013 to 2017, pain management providers increased Medicare Part D opioid claims by 27.3% to 1,140 mean claims per provider in 2017; physical medicine and rehabilitation providers increased opioid claims 16.9% to 511 mean claims per provider in 2017. Every other medical specialty decreased opioid claims over this period, with emergency medicine (-19.9%) and orthopedic surgery (-16.0%) dropping opioid claims more than any specialty. Physicians overall decreased opioid claims per provider by -5.2%. Meanwhile, opioid claims among both dentists (+5.6%) and nonphysician providers (+10.2%) increased during this period.
conclusionsFrom 2013 to 2017, pain management and PMR increased opioid claims to Medicare Part D enrollees, whereas physicians in every other specialty decreased opioid prescribing. Dentists and nonphysician providers also increased opioid prescribing. Overall, opioid claims to Medicare Part D enrollees decreased and continue to drop at faster rates.
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