Petauri PACT Executive Briefings - 3-Minute Market Insights
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Petauri PACT Executive Briefings - 3-Minute Market Insights
The Federal NOPAIN Act
Today’s topic is the The Federal NOPAIN Act.
The Federal “Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act” (or, the “NOPAIN Act”), Senate bill S.586, was signed into law in December 2022. It takes effect this coming January as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 OPPS proposed rule.
The NOPAIN Act directs CMS to reimburse hospital and surgical centers separately for non-opioid, post-surgical pain control, in hopes of reducing or replacing opioid consumption. By separating, or “unbundling,” payment for non-opioid pain control, hospitals and surgical centers may receive additional reimbursement for non-opioid alternatives, encouraging the use of substitute means of pain control. This helps to ensure that non-opioid options are more widely available to individuals as a post-surgical treatment option.
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