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Prior Authorizations And Continued Treatment In Addiction Medicine, Wendy Hunting
Prior Authorizations And Continued Treatment In Addiction Medicine, Wendy Hunting
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Introduction: Patients that require medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction can have their treatment delayed through the prior authorization process. A prior authorization is required by many insurance companies and can cause lengthy delays before the drug is approved. The two drugs that were considered for this project were Suboxone® (buprenorphine/naloxone) and Sublocade® (buprenorphine). These drugs are used for the treatment of opiate addiction. The proposed solution to the problem was to use quality improvement methods to implement a tracking and tickler system to improve the approval time from the insurance company.
Objectives: The project goal was to decrease the …