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IN HR0071
Resolution
Status
Prefiled
N/A
Primary Sponsor
Edward Clere
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AI Summary
- Urges federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to immediately revise Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey measures related to pain management
- Cites Indiana drug overdose deaths of 999 in 2012 and a 57 percent increase in overdose deaths over the past decade as public health crisis context
- States Indiana ranks ninth nationally for opioid prescriptions issued, with prescription drugs involved in most unintentional overdose deaths
- Expresses concern that healthcare professionals' focus on patient pain management survey responses may create risk of over-prescribing opioids despite physician concerns about prescription drug abuse
- Directs House Principal Clerk to transmit resolution copy to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, CMS administrator, and Indiana news media
Legislative Description
A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to revise the survey measures included in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems that relate to the treatment of pain management.
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