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How Much Do You Drink?

How Much Do You Drink? News & Analysis News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention How Much Do You Drink? Force has recommended alcohol screening enrollees receive methadone for pain than Too little attention is given to screening and brief counseling since 2004. commercially insured patients, the investi- adults for excessive alcohol use even though Theynotedthatexcessivedrinking,which gators also examined Medicaid policies that national recommendations supporting the is linked with fetal alcohol spectrum disor- might be related. practice came out more than a decade ago, ders, chronic illnesses such as heart disease They focused on the preferred drug lists the CDC reported. andbreastcancer,motorvehiclecrashes,sui- that some Medicaid programs use. Drugs cide, and homicide, resulted in 88 000 that aren’t on the list require prior authori- deaths every year from 2006 to 2010. zation for approval, so prescribing from the If used routinely in primary care set- preferred list makes approval less cumber- tings, especially where communities have some. The investigators’ analysis of 3 state tried to curb alcohol misuse with other strat- Medicaid programs showed an association egies such as raising alcohol taxes, screen- between preferred drug list policies and ing for excessive drinking could bring about methadone overdoses. In 2012 to 2013, fa- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

How Much Do You Drink?

JAMA , Volume 317 (18) – May 9, 2017

How Much Do You Drink?

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News & Analysis News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention How Much Do You Drink? Force has recommended alcohol screening enrollees receive methadone for pain than Too little attention is given to screening and brief counseling since 2004. commercially insured patients, the investi- adults for excessive alcohol use even though Theynotedthatexcessivedrinking,which gators also examined Medicaid policies that national recommendations supporting the is linked with fetal alcohol...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
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1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2017.4666
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Abstract

News & Analysis News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention How Much Do You Drink? Force has recommended alcohol screening enrollees receive methadone for pain than Too little attention is given to screening and brief counseling since 2004. commercially insured patients, the investi- adults for excessive alcohol use even though Theynotedthatexcessivedrinking,which gators also examined Medicaid policies that national recommendations supporting the is linked with fetal alcohol spectrum disor- might be related. practice came out more than a decade ago, ders, chronic illnesses such as heart disease They focused on the preferred drug lists the CDC reported. andbreastcancer,motorvehiclecrashes,sui- that some Medicaid programs use. Drugs cide, and homicide, resulted in 88 000 that aren’t on the list require prior authori- deaths every year from 2006 to 2010. zation for approval, so prescribing from the If used routinely in primary care set- preferred list makes approval less cumber- tings, especially where communities have some. The investigators’ analysis of 3 state tried to curb alcohol misuse with other strat- Medicaid programs showed an association egies such as raising alcohol taxes, screen- between preferred drug list policies and ing for excessive drinking could bring about methadone overdoses. In 2012 to 2013, fa-

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Published: May 9, 2017

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