Medicaid, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina impose limits on length of opioid prescriptions - Charleston Post Courier

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Medicaid, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina impose limits on length of opioid prescriptionsCharleston Post CourierDr. Matthew Bartels, chief medical officer for BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, advised that opioids "should never be the first line treatment for pain." New research published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the ...