{"id":7897,"date":"2017-08-21T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2017-08-21T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:01:13","slug":"express-scripts-to-limit-opioids-for-first-time-users-4-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7897","title":{"rendered":"Express Scripts to limit opioids for first time users: 4 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Brian Zimmerman for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Express Scripts \u2014 the nation&#8217;s largest pharmacy benefit manager \u2014 will begin limiting the potency and number of opioid painkillers prescribed to first-time users, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/express-scripts-to-limit-opioid-drug-prescriptions-for-first-time-users\/\">CBS News<\/a> and the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/opioids\/express-scripts-to-limit-opioids-for-first-time-users-3-things-to-know.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7795\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/drugs.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Express Scripts \u2014 the nation&#8217;s largest pharmacy benefit manager \u2014 will begin limiting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897","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=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7898,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions\/7898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}