Last week we asked you to let us know what you thought about the STOP Act being proposed to curb the state's opioid abuse epidemic.
Here are the results:
Do not support - 1
Support with modification - 8
Here's what two of your colleagues had to say:
"This is going to create a big administrative burden for physicians. The controlled substances database system is terrible, not user friendly. I have to call tech support each time I try to use it. E scribing controlled substances requires a fee to our vendor of $600 per MD per year. Who will cover that? Our issue as specialists is that patients come to us on meds by their PCP, then we have to be the "bad guy" on this. It takes a lot of extra time that we don't really have."
"I am in favor of the bill! There are some pieces that will require a change of practice, but it needs to happen! - We have not corrected it on our own and we do need to change for the benefit of our patients and the community at large!"
We'd love to hear from more of you! WCMS will be in Raleigh next week, so let us know what you think!
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Note from WCMS CEO - Our intention for this effort is to garner physician input on various health care policy issues so that we can advocate appropriately. We are not endorsing one policy over another; we are looking for input and dialog from a diverse physician community so that we can appropriately focus our efforts on what's most important to the majority of our physicians without losing the voices (or membership) of physicians who may dissent with the prevailing opinions of the day.
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