To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inform each physician of the Veterans Health Administration of the opioid prescribing rate of the physician and to require pain management training for the physicians with the highest opioid prescribing rates.
United States115th CongressHR-5829House of Representatives
Updated: May 15, 2018
Summary
VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report at least annually to each Veterans Health Administration physician on his or her opioid prescribing rates, and (2) provide physicians who were among the highest opioid prescribers each fiscal year with pain management training.
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Timeline
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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