DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2018 Issue 8 (August)

Compliance: Incomplete documentation can be a poison pill for chronic opioid therapy

Don’t let splashy headlines about doctors who run pill mills lull you into a false sense of security. While doctors who provide legitimate care to pain patients with appropriate prescriptions of opioids won’t face jail time, they are paying large settlements because their documentation didn’t stand up to scrutiny, warned health care attorney Brad Sayles, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Nashville, Tenn., during a May 9 webinar on opioid challenges for practices.

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