The STOP Measure: Safe & Transparent Opioid Prescribing to Promote Patient Safety & Reduced Risk of Opioid Misuse (2019 Update)

Source: America's Health Insurance Plans

This updated America’s Health Insurance Plans’s (AHIP) report examines how insurers use claims data to measure prescriber adherence to prescribing guidelines – the STOP measure. This report includes 3 years of additional data and analyzes claims from 2009 to 2016. See also the 2018 report from AHIP and the STOP Measure Playbook which describes strategies health insurance plans can adopt to reduce inappropriate opioid prescribing.

Funding Source: America’s Health Insurance Plans

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The STOP Measure: Safe & Transparent Opioid Prescribing to Promote Patient Safety & Reduced Risk of Opioid Misuse (2019 Update)

A 2019 update to AHIP's STOP Measure analysis of prescriber adherence to opioid prescribing guidelines