{"id":11626,"date":"2018-09-27T07:56:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T11:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11626"},"modified":"2018-09-27T07:56:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T11:56:41","slug":"congress-releases-final-opioids-bill-4-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11626","title":{"rendered":"Congress releases final opioids bill: 4 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Harrison Cook for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Congress revealed a 660-page revised\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20180924\/HR6.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opioids bill<\/a>\u00a0the night of Sept. 25 as part of a bipartisan effort to address the opioid epidemic, according to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/408441-lawmakers-unveil-massive-bipartisan-bill-aimed-at-fighting-opioid-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are four things to know: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/opioids\/congress-releases-final-opioid-bill-4-things-to-know.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8430\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/dreamstime_s_56546786-\u00a9-Alexander-Bakanov-Dreamstime_com_-700x445.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Harrison Cook for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Congress revealed a 660-page revised\u00a0opioids bill\u00a0the night of Sept. 25 as part of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-update","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11627,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11626\/revisions\/11627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}