Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids: A regulatory perspective, Addiction as a Brain Disease, Screening, Brief Intervention,

Course overview

At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to Section 1Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids A regulatory perspective 1.Describe evolving opioid prescribing and regulatory practices in the United States. 2. Discuss recently released opioid prescribing guidelines, highlighting the relevance to outpatient treatment of pain. 3. Describe best practices and patient care resources for managing patients with acute or chronic nonmalignant pain, highlighting guidance from a regulatory perspective. Regulatory Cases with Opioid Medications 4. Apply best practices in the prescribing of opioids and other controlled substances. 5. Discuss key physiologic and common pathophysiologic changes of aging that impact drug therapy . Session 2 Addiction as a Brain Disease6. Examine the neurobiological responses to substances of abuse,. 7. Describe how your brain responds to drugs. 8. Explore how addiction affects the brain. 9. Examine behavioral changes in addiction. Session 3Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)10. Explore SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) as a routine part of care in all healthcare settings. 11. Review guidelines for providing, billing, and coding for SBIRT services. Case Study in Acute Post-Operative Pain and Diversion Control 12. Integrate best practices for appropriate prescribing of controlled substances, screening for substance use disorders, and diversion control.