Assignment:
Minimum 1 page AMA format-cite all sources
Consider the weekly readings about the opioid crisis and answer the following:
• What roles did hospitals, providers, pharmaceutical companies and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) play in the current opioid crisis?
• What payment incentives contributed to their behavior?
• What changes would you recommend to the current situation.
• Explain how your proposed changes will impact the situation in a year and in a decade.
Articles for Reference
• Opioid Crisis
The Opioid Epidemic Hits Obstetrics:
https://www.jwatch.org/na41980/2016/08/08/opioid-epidemic-hits-obstetrics?query=pfw&jwd=000012700174&jspc=LM
A Mega-Case Puts Opioids on Trial by Charles Lane: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-mega-case-puts-opioids-on-trial/2016/10/05/d8409a6c-8b12-11e6-875e-2c1bfe943b66_story.html?utm_term=.9955425748f0
An Opioid Spray Showered by John Kapoor in Riches. Now He's Feeling the Pain by Matthew Herper: https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/10/04/death-kickbacks-and-a-billionaire-the-story-of-a-dangerous-opioid/&refURL=&referrer=#16d63efdff03