In order to better understand the opioid abuse problem in the United States, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an interactive program showing an opioid use heat map.
“The opioid epidemic impacts every state, county and municipality. To address this epidemic, while ensuring that individuals with pain receive effective treatment, we need accurate, timely information about where the problems are and to what extent they exist,” says CMS Acting Administrator – Andy Slavitt. “This new mapping tool gives providers, local health officials, and others the data to become knowledgeable about their community’s Medicare opioid prescription rate.”
[ Read the story here ] [ Check out CMS’s map ]
The post CMS Releases Opioid Interactive Mapping Tool appeared first on Noble House.