Opioid Contracts, Meant to Curb Addiction, Can Harm Patients – STAT News

Read article - An opinion piece by Tim Lahey, associate professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a patient he lost to the opioid epidemic and, potentially, to unintended consequences of a measure providers are urged to use in the new legislation regarding opioid contracts just passed by the U.S. Senate, which Obama is expected to sign into law.